Can "何？何やってるの？" also mean "What does he do?"


[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vJRmrL-m3k&t=0m37s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vJRmrL-m3k&t=0m37s)

(ねんねん):

じゃ勝俣くんもだめだな 勝俣くんもアウト 何？何やってるの？ 哀：自営業

_Then Katsumata is no good either, he's no good, what, what do you do? Sho:
I'm self-employed._

or

_Then Katsumata is no good either, he's no good, what, what does he do? Sho:
He's self-employed._




Yes, depending on the context, 何やってるの can be a question about someone's
occupation. Of course the same sentence can also mean "What are you doing
(now)?" This is natural because the -teiru form can describe one's habitual
action. See: [Habitual
aspect](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/11925/5010)

The answer can be in the -teiru form, too, e.g., 保育士をしています, お米を作っています,
歌手やってます, 電車を運転している人です.

