Congratulations, you probably hang out with people who don't make their job their life, and you also probably hang out in places that don't attract the see-and-be-seen type-A/Instagrammer crowd.

There are lots and lots of people in this city who will immediately ask you what you do, there's a reason it's such a common trope here. There are also lots and lots of people who couldn't care less but (except for you I guess) people don't generally make a Reddit post about the times they went out and people didn't ask them what they do.

It's all about the crowd you surround yourself with. It's always hilarious (but also a little sad) when I'm talking to someone who laments that "people in DC always want to know what you do so they can judge you," and then when I ask them where they hang out I inevitably get a list of expensive, trendy, loud, flavor-of-the-month $20 cocktail bars. Well yeah, no shit you're only meeting those types of people, you're only going to their bars.