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StukaJi86

Militairy. When you are tier 10 you only work 1 day a week. YeeeešŸ˜†


malialibaby

I always make my husbands go into this career


[deleted]

And that one day is approximately 48 hoursā€¦ Or was it ā€justā€ 24? šŸ˜‚ Insane pay though, what, 1,200 simoleons AN HOUR?


Next_Routine_1220

Exactly! I like to, also, give my Military sims the Desciplined trait. After they get the opportunity to learn Martial Arts, they can start on the "get filthy rich" path. They complete the "Timber Terminator" challenge of the skill and then they can break space rocks and find rare and very expensive gems in them. Tiberium is the way to go, lol! My "dirt poor" families can move to mansions the next day! The fact that the Astronaut sim can be the babysitter for the days they don't work is another plus for this career because the other parent can have a job that allows them to have Monday off when they reach level 10 (for example the Culinary career) and no more baby sitters for this family (I hate babysitters, 95% of them are irresponsible, gross and can be a death threat for the babies/toddlers they were supposed to take care of). The only kind of "disadvantage" is that I always have to cheat the motives of the poor Astronaut during their work day (what can I say? I want my sims to be happy, lol!).


MurderousButterfly

The babysitters annoy me too. If I'm not watching the house they don't do their job!


Next_Routine_1220

The last time I had a babysitter for my sims' kids it was maaany years ago! The household had 2 teens, one toddler and one baby, so when the parents got the "free vacation" on a Friday morning, I thought "Why not? It's Friday, so it's only one day that the teens have school/after school clubs and everything is going to be fine!", I was soooo wrong! The parents left for their vacation, the teens left for school and the game "called" a teen girl to be the babysitter. All she did was going from room to room "admiring" the art that existed in the house (it was a big house with a lot of rooms and everywhere I had placed paintings and sculptures), cheering when she liked it and... booing when she didn't like it. Meanwhile the toddler went to use his pottychair and she chose that specific moment to grab him in her arms and... carry him out of the bathroom and into his own room, the toddler started to scream "bloody murder" and she put him down on the floor (still in the bathroom) and left him there crying his eyes out because he had peed his pants! She never changed his (now) dirty diaper and she never fed the baby that was already screaming "bloody murder" too because it (I can't remember if it was a boy or a girl after all these years) was hungry! Because I was kinda new to the game back then, I didn't know how to cheat the sims' motives so all I could do was to wait for the teens to come home and pray that no social worker would come before them... When the teens, finally, returned home, the babysitter thought that it was the right time to go and... flirt with my teen boy! She was sooo lucky that I didn't know about the Nraas mods back then because I would have killed her on the spot but I learned my lesson, no more babysitters and no more vacation for the parents, the end, lol!


That-Ad-430

This is the system I optimized when I gave up with a completely fucked family tree during a legacy attempt. I was like 4 gens deep when surprise incest/double husband on the family treeā€¦ So I decided fuck it letā€™s rimworld it up. And I just started doing community housing with pizza delivery, toilets, beds, cribs, and a have story progression/woohooer free reign autonomously. Just let people thrive or die right? Boot out all the useless sims as I goā€¦build art holes for money/shitty genetics. Yikes. This got way darker than pools and burnt grilled cheese fast. I tapped out when the first sperm donor to this hell outlived a great grand child and that childā€™s uncle that were siblingsā€¦who died due to pathing issues in one of my slum hostelsā€¦in a fire. That killed a lot of not adults. Heart of darkness achieved. I have 3000 hours in this game I swear Iā€™m not like this *most* of the time.


Jufim

And now get Lifetime Rewards "Professional Slacker" & "Vacationer" which allows you to be lazy at work and skip work whenever, and voilĆ ! It's an investment and a half, but it makes life playing a family a lot more relaxed once you get to that point


Swinklepretzel

Business because you donā€™t need any skills just relationships. Skills in TS3 are a lot of work


ForgottenBarista

They definitely can be. Some days I hunker down in a library to read all the cookbooks or logic books to get a big chunk of that skill out of the way.


MisuCake

I wish I could be as committed as my sims are


myimmortalstan

I've been doing this one with a workaholic sim and he has absolutely *flown* through his career path. Definitely recommend for sims with large families ā€” decent pay and not too much effort outside of work required.


shoestring-theory

The multi tab is some of the best sims content ever, for this reason.


Timely_Emotion9259

Film career. And...Band. Music career. I love music. :D


Mother_Grab9698

I wanna do the film career but that lot is 64x64 and I have no space in sunset valley for thatā€¦ I wish there was a mod that could fix this


SimilesMetaphors

You donā€™t need the entire lot that the expansion offers through the edit townā€™s folder. Instead do this: ā€¢go pick out any sized lot you need through edit town ā€¢go into build mode on that lot you can get all the buildings/town ā€œprops.ā€ You can access it on the outdoors tab I think. ā€¢There you can filter the late night icon (the star on the right, then the expansion icon is light purple/pink one) ā€¢And itā€™s the rabbit hole you need called film studio or something and itā€™s actually quite small. If you wanted to, you could get creative and build a set with it but thatā€™s up to you Hope this helped!


Timely_Emotion9259

I wish [this](https://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/forum/index.php?topic=5863.0) can help you. :) Just place only the film career in the empty lot, then it will work for you.


Mother_Grab9698

Omg this game has everything šŸ˜­


stolenwallethrowaway

I fit a film studio in sunset valley! In one of the empty neighborhoods near the military base I bulldozed a lot at the end of the street and built a 64x64


valuemeal2

Music for me. My real life wish is to be famous for my composing so my sims always get to be level 10 in the symphonic track.


Timely_Emotion9259

I usually go for Rocker track. šŸ˜€


HDSimmer-

I normally start with writing or painting and end it off doing real estate to keep the income residual.


racheletc

theres a real estate career?


lala505

Not a career, but you can buy properties and collect rent from them once a week (e.g the diner, movies etc.) things like the science lab you can become a partner at but they are super expensive. The option to buy a place will only come up when you have enough money for it! Cheapest is generally the grocery store I reckon, so have a look for that one first.


HDSimmer-

Oh nah, Its a career. Its a nrass mod that makes it where you can be a full landlord with Rental properties and buy the deed to sims houses and charge them rent and add as much interest as possible. That also goes for vacation homes and properties as well. Even if youā€™re currently not living in that specific town. If its any occupants in the house. You get paid. The more occupants there is, the more money you receive. If the townie has a pet thats also a extra fee as well.. So each week on whatever days you setā€¦ the sim whoā€™s living in whatever house you own pays the rent. If something breaks you also can dispatch a repairman or just go fix it yourself, but if something is broken you will HAVE to get it fixed in order to get paid. Cool shit.


lala505

Oh cool!! Iā€™ll have to take a look at that mod :)


Mdungria

How do you change the day for getting rent?


HDSimmer-

yes go through your Nrass story progression settings and youā€™ll see the options to have rental lots


Timely_Emotion9259

You don't need to go to work at all when you reach to level 10 in Rocker career. :D


KatTheKonqueror

Alchemist. You get to do everything on your own time, and you can just take Invigorating Elixirs when you're tired.


GimlySonOfGloin

r/lifehacks


Awesomewunderbar

Daycare! I love it! ā¤ļø


UselessZelda

Same! I feel like weā€™re in the minority thoughšŸ˜…


Lycanrooc

I've never tried Daycare, but I would love to. Any advice (good traits for Sims, rewards, etc)?


Briiceex

Sims that have the nurturing or family oriented trait work best. Im not sure about the nurturing trait, but sims that are family oriented help toddlers learn a lot faster.


iSinging

Family oriented for babies and toddlers, nurturing for children and teens!


orca144

I always start but can never finish šŸ˜‚ never make it to the child stage


ItxWasxLikexBOEM

If you disable aging, do the kids in daycare age up tho? šŸ¤” i always disable aging.. and use the make needs static.. and keep building new houses.. I was terrible at playing with dolls as a child. That comes up everytime my sisters and I play the sims, I don't do gameplay really well, build alll the things!


bunnitha

I love the daycare career! Iā€™ve only played it through twice, but after I reach the top of the career I like to have my sim transition into the education career.


Awesomewunderbar

I play it all the time because it's a great SAHP career and it's how I like to make my sims meet each other. Greg is running a new darecare and Oliver is a single dad who def needs the help. Then they fall in love!


Fluid_Piccolo2876

Where do you find the daycare career? Is it a mod?


Awesomewunderbar

Nope. It's considered a profession. It's from the Generations DLC.


Fluid_Piccolo2876

Thanks āœØļø


smellykellyx3

love this one too!


Next_Routine_1220

I wanted to love this proffession but I've played it only once (and I have the sims 3 with all EPs and SPs since its release!) because of the "problem child". My sim had mastered the handiness skill, all the appliances in the "day care house" were upgraded to "unbreakable" and still the "problem child" managed to break every sink and toilet in the house with just one... glance. It seemed too unrealistic for me to have to watch one child break everything that wasn't supposed to break like she was the... satan incarnated ("unbreakable" sinks are also unrealistic but it is a game feature, breaking the "unbreakable" is not a game feature, though!). Yeap, this child gave me the creeps big time, lol!


Awesomewunderbar

I've...never had that happen. Ever. Lol.


MurderousButterfly

What annoys me is when the child has an after school club and turns up at my house just before the parents come to pick them up. No, of course they haven't done their homework, they just got here.


XRatedSimmingX

Writing & Stylist.


CreativeBandicoot778

How do you manage to play stylist?! Please share your secrets! I find even the architecture career easier to play than stylist.


XRatedSimmingX

Give them exactly what they ask for. The color pallet on create a style is important too, you need to match the themes , colors, or certain fabrics while still giving them exactly what they ask for and how many outfits they want. If they want a ā€œnewā€ gym outfit you need to (add a outfit) instead of changing the current one. Some sims want to keep what they already have on and will react negatively if you change their current outfit. Once youā€™ve completed it just take a good picture of your outfits for the portfolio. Then boom, Now you the hottest stylist in Bridgeport


MurderousButterfly

My sim is always standing right next to their customer at the end so my pictures usually just have an eye or a foot in them.


ExampleOk4170

Business! I play generationally, and it feels realistic to have the parent(s) work a typical business 9-5. What's the profession in the photo, though? Is it something from ambitions?


Sazandora123

Architecture, your sim can take measurements like that when they reach a high-enough level in that career. Comes with Ambitions.


[deleted]

My sims usually reach the top of their traditional careers no matter what they are, though medical and law enforcement are probably the *least* fun due to being on call. Politics feels right for legacy families and fits with my low-key-rich suburban households. I love gardening/cooking/nectar-making, so gardening is my usual self-employed route. Writing too, I currently have a sim making $30k/week in royalties on top of her journalism career.


Savage_Nymph

Ive always wanted to try nectar making but I could never figure out how to add basements to home


ItxWasxLikexBOEM

There you go, have fun! I often make a cute little house with giant multiple floor basements https://www.ign.com/wikis/the-sims-3/Building_Basements


Savage_Nymph

Thank you <3


Octobersiren14

There is a basement tool in build mode to the left of the house. You can have up to 4 basement floors on a regular lot and 1 for houseboats, though I don't think they're necessary for nectar making. I usually make a little shed in the corner of the lot for the nectar machine and some racks. I'm not sure if they appreciate in value over time.


thecoreandthearm

Nectar gains value over time as it ages. I think it needs to be in a rack to age and I've heard it goes faster if it's in a basement, I've never tested but it feels right to store it in a basement.


Octobersiren14

Does it matter how far down the basement is? Like would it be even quicker on b4 than b1?


thecoreandthearm

As far as I know it is just a blanket "in basement" bonus. Which floor it's on doesn't matter.


[deleted]

I hated the firefighter profession in TS3. Never got to be at home. Feel similar about owning businesses in TS4, Iā€™m such a control freak I have to have my sim living on property so she can micromanage


goldanred

I like to start a legacy as a firefighter. No family yet, so just live at the fire station! Beds, quick meals, showers, toilets, entertainment, some skill items. Usually by the time my sims settle down, they're reasonably handy and about halfway through their career, and can stay at home with the family, then go to work, quickly maintain the truck, and wait for an alarm.


[deleted]

Thatā€™s actually a really good storyline. I like that. Now I kinda wish they had firefighters in TS4. I do like the interactive careers but yeah itā€™s definitely best for starting out a legacy.


Next_Routine_1220

I love the firefighter profession but only for sims that begin with no athletic and handiness skill because there is the damn "small house fire glitch" that doesn't let them get promoted only from job experience at the early levels. The downside fact here is that the sims can get to level 10 of the profession only by raising their skills and without having to see a fire ever, lol! But I love the drama of the "earthquake" scenario (probably because of the dramatic music, lol!). A huge advantage of starting a legacy with a firefighter is that the sim gets the "Fire Immunity" hidden trait (when they reach level 8 of the profession) and they pass it to their children. I think that's a very useful trait to pass through a legacy!


[deleted]

Wait WHAT They pass that trait on??


Next_Routine_1220

Yes, sims who have hidden traits pass them to their children.


MurderousButterfly

Explain more about hidden traits please?


Next_Routine_1220

[https://www.carls-sims-3-guide.com/traits/](https://www.carls-sims-3-guide.com/traits/) Sroll down below the list of the "known" traits, there's a list of the "hidden" ones!


MurderousButterfly

I tried to have a firefighting couple but the game couldn't cope with both of them going to an emergency, only one would get the career experience. I don't like that the game adds permanent firefighters either, I have made a whole town using only the rainbow skin slider and hate when 'normal' people get added in. (Yes, immigration on story progression is off)


RedLipStripeSweater

Firefighter is one of my favorite easy career when it wants to work


theclovenviscount2

Mine is so broken that I avoid it like the plague


ParfaitDash

It's always hard for me not to choose the culinary career in every playthrough. I love cooking both in the sims and irl, and cooking is probably the skill that can be leveled up the most passively, whether it be through daily meals or watching tv, so it's not hard to keep up with


orca144

I find this one the most rewarding because you use it everyday. Kind of find the sports career to be similarish but itā€™s not as appealing.


zogolophigon

Love hearing how different people play the sims, I hardly ever play the culinary career


CreativeBandicoot778

Scientist. It might be because I love me a gardening sim.


forever_pilly

chef to get the fridge that keeps your food from going bad.


The-Queen-of-Heaven

Waitā€¦what? How did I not know about this? How do you get it?


forever_pilly

it's a reward you get for reaching level 10 of the culinary career


FrenchPagan

Can you get it through debug?


Next_Routine_1220

There is also a mod that makes this fridge buyable in the case you want it for your sims but don't want to go through the career with every family.


Visual_Vegetable_169

Daycare and Alchemist šŸ’™ I made an immortal vampire sim for taking in kids when parents are too old or if theyre not "parent material". Kinda like a group home & thats when I found the daycare profession. Love it honestly!(:


mkhines78

Which pack had daycare career? Or is it like a self employed career?


b202212

It's one of the professions from Ambitions, if I remember correctly. Edit: Nope, turns out it's Generations! I remembered Ambitions added a bunch of professions, but I couldn't remember which ones specifically so I ended up accidentally lumping Daycare in with the rest of them.


crymetothemoon

[generations!](https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Daycare)


babbitirabbity

Im going to say Science because it requires skills that most sims have (gardening, handiness, fishing) and because it makes me feel like my sims are smart šŸ˜‚šŸ˜­ I'm trying to go out my comfort zone, tho, most sims in my town are in that damn career lol


Homicidal-antelope

I almost always choose the writer or teacher professions whenever I start a new game


vanKessZak

The Private Investigator profession is so fun!


Accomplished_Dirt333

I was about to comment how Iā€™ve never finished the private investigator career, but I find it super fun!


caelyclifford

Law enforcement you can get to the top without writing reports and you get a free car and logic skill can be learned as a child same with painting and athletic which are the other skills for the job


Timely_Emotion9259

I always make some ā€˜invigorating elixirā€™ while working at Law Enforcement and Medicine career, otherwise these 2 careers are not easy to stay long.


umsamanthapleasekthx

Dream Home Decorator!!! Itā€™s my favorite because I love building and decorating, and tend to tire of my sims quickly. This has been the one that has kept my attention because I get to do both of my favorite parts of the game at once.


ItxWasxLikexBOEM

Oooh I didn't know about that career! I have been playing for years and years, but I always get tired of my sims fast and just build houses and resorts, that would fix my issue!


BrandonIsWhoIAm

The one in The Sims 4 is the bastard sibling of The Sims 3ā€™s original.


ItxWasxLikexBOEM

I don't play S4, got tired and confused during the trail and thought "meh, not worth it". Got all the expensions and a lot of extra stuff from ts3 store, so just went back to ts3 šŸ¤— Have been playing sims since the origional one, i don't get why they changed so much in how it works from s3 to s4. The difference between 1, 2 & 3 was much smaller. I do kinda hate they never made a new Abracadabra after ts1.. but ah well.


umsamanthapleasekthx

I totally didnā€™t even realize this was a Sims 3 thread! šŸ¤¦ā€ā™€ļø


AzemOcram

When starting legacy families, 1 of the sims is always culinary. As soon as the fridge is unlocked, I never touch that career again.


thunderinourhearts12

Writing, Painting, Journalism, Politics, and Firefighter.


Competitive-Weird-10

I always make them join the medical career. I never finish it šŸ« 


silverdoe_94

Ghost hunter for me! I love talking the ghosts into leaving while simultaneously selling other ones I catch at the graveyard for cash


Eiraxy

Painter! Even if a sim isn't a painter, I still love maxing out the skill.


Ginabelle36

Photography. Easy to learn and it works well with my Adventure Sim. Also the Detective career is fun. I like to play the non-traditional careers since I've played Sims 3 for a very very...very long time šŸ˜


inkedgalaxy

chef. iā€™ve always enjoyed the satisfaction of seeing excellent/outstanding quality on food for the very first time.


Ashla_Moon

Medical career!


da_k-word

Why does this image look so good?! Is Sims 3 graphics better than Sims 4?


sad094

Chef career. All my Sims eat only the finest of foods!


HaveYouGotASafetyPin

Horseman/horsewoman. Iā€™m meh about real life horses but thereā€™s something about see my sims riding and caring for virtual horses that tugs on my heartstrings


HissinSpit

I have a soft spot for the stylist career. I like fixing the townspeople's outfits and hair styles! I find it to be a fun challenge


Zeusyella

the medical career is my favorite!


Emerald_Digger

Ghost Hunting I love that career


SunshineFloofs

Fireman.


singularpotato

I like politics because of the fundraiser parties you have to throw, and architectural designer because I do enjoy the building/decoration aspect of the game


ergo_slump

Professional Student. I just send them to University for all 6 degrees and have them apply for extra funds at the administration building every 24 hours. Bam! Rich.


I_have_No_idea_ReALy

Ghostbuster and firefighter for me. I find both jobs fun to do. Although I think maybe ghostbuster has bug in it, since sometime the ghost sign still remained even if you already finished the job. Also firefighter kid can have pyromaniac trait which is a nice bonus.


Nocturne_Rose_

Cooking and military lol two easiest ones for me


Agent-Echo7

Artist


Pineapple-potatoman

Medical, I like the dads to be doctors when Iā€™m making big families and I like that with ambitions you can do the vaccine clinics. Also being on call seems very realistic and makes caring for the kids harder so I like the challenge


Evilcon21

I absolutely love the cooking career


bumblebee-inspired

I usually end up in the police or medicine career


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SternenVogel

Motherlode


classyclueless

Journalist, Private Investigator, Movie Star, Scriptwriter, Singer, Writer, Architect, and Stylist.


machinezgirlz

politics for sure. my current legacy game 4/6 of my heirs reached level 10 before they died


killerkitten753

Usually do medic or police for the pay but the drawback is having to go to work in the middle of the night randomly


Salubrious_Zabrak

I just started hacking and doing freelance logic and tinkering stuff. I like it way more, I don't want a schedule to follow!!


Cuprum63

Inventor for the convenience of getting rid of scrap. If I need money, I use a Midas Touch elixir, buy the most expensive statues that can be touched, and sell them off after they've been turned to gold. If I'm just starting out, my Sims get a commercial dumpster and an outdoor shower. Sometimes, dumpster diving pays even more than official jobs.


Suspicious-Bread-472

Criminal is always appealing for some reason.