Professions vs Careers

Wow @sarabeth2984 that's really cool! Thanks for the gallery link.

How do you handle those food stands? I've found that food stands on community lots won't automatically spawn vendors, and there's only the option to click on them and hire someone for S100. Weird that my sim who's visiting a food stand would have to hire someone to work there.

@mightysprite Unfortunately I have the same problem with the food stands! :( I know at least 2 in that build will spawn vendors...I can't remember which they were. I left the rest on the lot for date nights/family nights get togethers or if I have a club meet there on occasion. I just hire whichever vendor I want :)

I have made and downloaded places for my rabbit hole career sims that I call their workplaces, and they will go there after hours sometimes. Also useful for some freelancers. I made an office building with a floor for my guru techs, another floor for my CEO or lawyer. It has a floor, for my secret agent and military covert operations, it also has a bedroom suite for my CEO, a laundromat, and a waiting area with a children’s playroom. One of the floors is a kitchen/cafe, with a mini gym, sauna and massage table. It even has a pool in back and a place to bar-b-que on top.... lol. I fit a lot of stuff in that 20x15. I have it labeled a cafe, to draw in other sims. We have so few lots in this game.

I downloaded a really nice Science Building for my science sims, Astronauts etc. I has a nice little bar area, an area with a cupcake machine, a communications center with computers, and an area with microscopes. On top it has rocket ships to build and I think a telescope too. It was made before back to work, so I made some basement floors with stuff for the scientist career, and stuff for my archeologist too. It also has a little bed room downstairs. I have had that in my main game from almost the beginning. This lot is labeled generic.

I also made a hospital/mall for my Doctor and teen sims. I took someone’s residential warehouse, enlarged it and used several other peoples rooms.
I have an emergency room and one other hospital room, a dispensary, a hospital gift shop, and a cafateria with plates of food. I also have a mini arcade, a place that sells crystals, one that sells my sims dolls, and an engineer type room with insects for sale. Out side is a hangout area. This one is labeled retail.

I like the community lot types. I took the old salt house and am working on it. I have a room downstairs ( basement ) for scientists, a convention room for a politician/salesman, and a debate room with a little office and receptionist up front. Upstairs I have some work tables from different packs, a lounge area with kitchen ( pretty much like the original salt house ). Outside is set up with a garden area in back, and market place areas on the side. The second floor has bathrooms, another workshop area, and a child’s playroom. This one is set up for all community space type lots.

I am always on the lookout for work places that other people have made, but I don’t find too many of them, and I have such limited space now.

If I had more room I would also look for a police office/ prison too.

I did recently find some very nice quarry lots for EL community space lots. That I down loaded into my game.

"SheriSim57;c-17848536" wrote:

@sarabeth2984 .... when you make a community market space will it open up all food stands you have there? This is a cute lot.

Food stands work on community spaces but I think some of them only work according to a schedule so they may not be open some days.

@SheriSim57 I like what you did with your lot! I have the same problem. There's only so many lots you can use as a generic lot. I wind up adding a building to whichever park, such as in Newcrest, to add my career offices.
I like the idea of what you did with Waterside Warble! Its actually one of my favorite lots in San Myshuno. The building has ample room upstairs and has such a weird layout, that you can adapt it for any number of builds.
I agree with @crocobaura I think only some of the food stands will work according to a schedule. Some are seasonal so that can have an effect too. But I have generally found that at least one or 2 will spawn vendors if you have multiple.
The community lot setting is great for these career builds too! Especially if you add all the items to the build so you can switch between different lot types (market stalls vs community garden vs maker space vs generic etc.

I will switch to a generic lot for this kind of build if I'm playing a career sim. Sometimes the community center lot spawns so many NPCs who manically use all the items you may need, it can be difficult to finish daily tasks. Although community center lots are fun to visit if you are traveling with a group of friends or a family of sims. They can be dynamic and great place for screenshots, meeting other sims, or watching wacky interactions :)

I'd love to see some of you Generic Lot/career/community lot builds too!

I do this to. Some time ago I also had a mod from NoelleBelleFleur which was making all careers "work from home" so I had all my careers active. Not sure about this mod status now though.
I also use not only Generic lots for this purpose but sometimes retail businesses as well. My florist works at her Flower shop, stylist owns and use for work a clothes one and so on... My military sim actively works at "fire station" which is actually a retail owned by him.

I've been doing this for ages, I didn't realise it was so common!

I have a multi-story office block in Oasis Springs with each floor for different career types and a basement where the criminals hang out.

@Harukotyan I have a big gym in Strangerville that is built as a military base, and that's where all my military sims go to work.

Another option for Stylists is to send them to work at retail clothes shops/malls and play them like an in-store stylist/personal shopper. Customers visiting the lot are likely there to buy new clothes, so it makes sense story-wise too.

Arts Critics can work at Museums, Arts Centres and Lounges and any other lot that has an instrument placed down.

A Courthouse/City Hall combo lot would be great for Judges/Politicians and also provide a civil/non-religious wedding venue option. Best setting for this lot is probably Museum as these lots often have statues etc.

Several WFH or skill based careers combine well with retail ownership too. Have your Mechanical Engineer open up a Bot Shop or your Floral Designer a Flower Shop, etc.

Ahhhhh so much build inspiration!

And for those who don't know, Little Ms Sam has a mod so that your sim doesn't have to pay to hire a vendor for food stands and they don't do the irritating phone call animation, the vendor just shows up.

So many good ideas on this thread. I didn’t even think of sending my stylist to a retail store! I see I am going to have to try making a space for a vendor market! And adding an office building to a park is a great idea. I’m going to have to give that a go. Ward park snd a couple others just might get one. I would so like some more blank worlds for more community lots and things.