There's a bug in The Sims 4 where if you get to the appropriate Career level before you unlock the goal that requires you to be at that level, the goal will not be completed. Here's an example:
- Jennifer is at the Computer Geek Milestone of the Computer Whiz Aspiration.
- Jennifer reaches to Level 6 Tech Guru.
- Jennifer completes the Computer Geek Milestone, now at the Computer Whiz Milestone.
- On checking Computer Whiz, the goal Reach Level 5 of the Tech Guru Career isn't completed although Jennifer already reached Level 5 of the career. Please note that she's level 6 of the career.
- However, if Jennifer gets a promotion, the goal will be completed.
So if you get to the appropriate level of the career (in this case, Level 6 Tech Guru) before you reach a Milestone with that goal (ex, Computer Whiz), the goal will not be checked until the Sim receives a Promotion which is flag the goal as completed. If you reach the Milestone first and then get to the appropriate level of the Career, the goal will be completed. The same possibly could occur if you also reached the appropriate level but the Aspiration (ex, Computer Whiz) isn't active, the goal might not register.
The Renaissance Sim Aspiration can also have a problem where the Reach Level 3 in 2 Careers and Reach Level 3 in 3 Careers goals will not register that a Sim has reached Level 3 although they're above level 3; it would read 0/2 or 1/2 instead of 1/2 or 2/2. Likewise, the final milestone's goal will read 0/3 and 1/3 instead of 2/3 and 3/3 even though a Sim has reached level 3+.
The counts in red are the incorrect values while the blue values would be the appropriate count the game should show if a Sim had level 3 in one, two or 3 careers. The first shows the count for the Reach Level 3 in 2 Careers goal when a Sim has level 3 in one and two careers, respectively. The 2nd assumes that Sim got promoted to Level 3 on 2nd career and reaches the final milestone where the Reach Level 3 in 3 Careers goal doesn't record the first 2 promotions. The Sim got a third career and reached Level 3 where the counter is 1, not 3.
Edit: It seems that the Join Career and Join Branch goals are not affected. Only the goals that are mostly affected are those that require a specific career level.
Here's a list of Goals affected:
Deviance, Public Enemy
- Criminal Mind: Reach Level 4 of the Criminal Career
- Public Enemy: Reach Level 8 of the Criminal Career
Family, Successful Lineage
- Trusted Mentor: Have a Child Earn an "A" in High School possibly affected but unsure)
Food, Master Chef
- Culinary Artist: Reach Level 4 of the Culinary Career
- Master Chef: Reach Level 8 of the Culinary Career
Food, Master Mixologist
- Beverage Boss: Join the Mixology Branch of the Culinary Career (not sure if this is affected)
Knowledge, Renaissance Sim
- Jack of Some Trades: Reach Level 3 of Any Career
- Pantologist: Reach Level 3 in 2 Careers
- Renaissance Sim: Reach Level 3 in 3 Careers
Knowledge, Computer Whiz
- Computer Geek: Reach Level 3 of the Tech Guru Career
- Computer Whiz: Reach Level 5 of the Tech Guru Career
