Well, yes. I was ‘caught’ by a trainmaster while 'visiting" a dispatching office one evening. One question lead to another during the course of my observations of that railroad’s system and after a couple of hours the trainmaster made the suggestion I apply for one of the open DS positions they had available at that time. It was tempting but I was busy with another career path at that time so I did not take him up on his offer. I later returned to the industry but as an engineer.
It is always flattering to get asked.