The characters in Friends nominally had jobs too (chef, fashion manager, masseuse, archaeologist, accountant, actor), but the show centred around them hanging o

The characters in Friends nominally had jobs too (chef, fashion manager, masseuse, archaeologist, accountant, actor), but the show centred around them hanging out, either in their improbably large apartments or at the coffee shop. In HIMYM, the apartments are still improbably large, the coffee shop has been recast as a bar, and the show still centres around the characters hanging out with only the occasional plot reference to the fact that they do things for a living.