Conversation so far:
What did Vladimir do in the United States?
The Nabokovs settled in Manhattan and Vladimir began volunteer work as an entomologist at the American Museum of Natural History.
Did he do other work after that?
Nabokov joined the staff of Wellesley College in 1941 as resident lecturer in comparative literature.

Question: Did he like this job?
Self-contained rewrite: Did Vladimir Nabokov like being a resident lecturer?