When I was in college, conversation tended to flow pretty smoothly from asking people about their majors and what sort of job they hoped to get after college.

When I was in college, conversation tended to flow pretty smoothly from asking people about their majors and what sort of job they hoped to get after college. (maybe the other party was bored by these conversations, idk, but they seemed to happen pretty smoothly) One of the things I noticed as I got older, is that for any number of reasons, lots of people wind up spending 40 hours a week doing something other than what they hoped and dreamed they would be doing. And they tend to not enjoy talking that much about it when they're off the clock. People will tell you about what they do, but lots of people aren't interested in answering follow up questions, or making conversation about their job flow very smoothly; often the conversation gets stilted pretty quickly.