Do you ever cheat a sim's skills for story/character reasons?

There are sims I don't really play much but for example own an apothecary for my other sims to visit. I cheated their herbalist, fishing, science, gardening, and etc skills so they can create elixirs, sell rare fish, plants and what not. I also did that for a sim to own a fish market for my sims to visit because you can't sell debug fish.