Asking what you do is not asking about "mundane money-related humdrum topics." It is asking "who are you?" "What do like to do so much you spend all day at it?

Asking what you do is not asking about "mundane money-related humdrum topics." It is asking "who are you?" "What do like to do so much you spend all day at it?" At least, that's what it is when I ask it.