Meeting people and making friends are very different. I've found many people put way too much stock in their friendships at work when they really have nothing

Meeting people and making friends are very different. I've found many people put way too much stock in their friendships at work when they really have nothing else in common except the job. Unsurprisingly, as soon as people switch jobs, there's some tears and hugs and a 6-month check-in, but you basically never hear from them again. It's important to find an enduring reason to maintain friendship. Work can be a good place to find people you have something in common with, but if that's the limit of your commonality it's really a fleeting relationship. I've really found what binds real friendships are the things you do outside of work. If you don't do anything outside of work, that's the first thing you need to work on.