I tend to play the Culinary and Tech Guru a lot, but was wondering which are other favorites out there, and why. I enjoy having my sims build the skills, read the books, practice the cooking, the hacking, etc. (Sorry about the grouping, the poll would not let me list them all out)

I'd love the law enforcement career if it wasn't bugged so as to be near impossible.So I vote for the City Living careers. They offer great flexibility for when you have a family (especially toddlers!) and they're always fun for a play through. Food critic for life!

I voted City Living, because I love the work-from-home option. I wish more of the careers would have them, several of them would make more sense as such too, like writer, painter, tech guru, etc. The only reason all my new sims don't end up having City Living jobs is that I try to maintain some sort of career variety and balance in the game.Scientist gets an honorary mention. It's the only Get To Work job where I always always -want- to go to work with them. Nothing like going to Sixam to party from work!

I think the Science career is probably my favorite over all I tend to do culinary and Social Media a lot as well and also a lot of freelance side jobs as well.Science is nice because you can go to work with them but you're not required to. If they have their breakthroughs met (which they can obtain at home) you can send them in alone and they'll get promotions regardless at least on the lower levels I've haven't played the whole career so I don't know what higher level requirements might add.

I've not tried the City Living careers yet, and Detective doesn't appeal to me, so I've only got first hand experience of Medicine and Science. Ultimately I found the Medicine career frustrating and repetitive, aside from a few good animation gags, and I never got to max level as I have done with Science (on more than one character). Provides some great toys for your house too.For the non-active careers, I go with Writer and Tech guru most often. You can just put a PC down in the living room, next to the fireplace and stereo, and tell your Sim to go Program/Write. Your family is able to chat to them while they work and their needs stay up. You're not banishing them to the Kitchen or the Easel and you don't need to micromanage much. This is especially true of Tech Guru since the basic salary is decent, I only ever "practice programming" rather than having to queue up book after book.Astronaut is cool, but you have to work on two quite disparate skills (logic, fitness) though i still chose it often.Business and Sports require charisma, which isn't easy to level up. Worse, personal trainer requires you to go to work in a confident moodlet which is not as easy to arrange as Inspired (shower, browse art) , focused (chess board, pc) or energised (shower, coffee, workout). The daily task, mentoring, takes ages, and your sim can't do anything else at the same time - they're not working on their own fitness or building charisma, the other prime requisite!

Which is your favorite Sims 4 Job/Career?

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frogkiss1
8 years ago
the problem I have with the GTW and CL jobs are this. GTW when you go to work with your sim you leave your family t fend for themselves, and that can cause major problems. CL jobs say they are work at home but if i have to travel all the time for them then I am not working at home now am I?
sweettarttori
8 years ago
Get To Work (Law Enforcement, Medicine,Scientist)
Azzera
8 years ago
"Strangerthan;c-16289078" wrote:
I'd love the law enforcement career if it wasn't bugged so as to be near impossible.

They fixed the detective career in a recent patch (finally!!!). https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/931455/december-12-2017-patch-notes

The Detective is by far my favorite as well as the Doctor career coming in close second.
TarixSim
8 years ago
I really like going to work with my sims, so Get To Work definitely for me.
somethingnew15
8 years ago
I like the Detective Career; the little minigames make me feel like I'm playing Nancy Drew or something, lol.
oxfordsplice
New Veteran
8 years ago
I picked painter because I get a kick out of seeing the pictures they paint for their daily task. I am currently doing the Science career and that's surprisingly fun.
Eiraya
8 years ago
The Science career is probably my favourite. I'd probably enjoy the other Get to Work careers as well but I haven't gotten around to trying them, even though I've had the expansion for ages.
simgirl1010
Hero
8 years ago
I'm just getting around to the political career and love the work at home option. Culinary is a close second.
Hermitgirl
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
Scientist is my favorite. I'm replaying it yet again currently. I need to retry the law enforcement career since they fixed it... it still will be second to science though.
LianneKar
8 years ago
I prefer the inactive careers (and being self-employed) over the active careers but I don't really have a favorite out of those. I just pick whatever I feel fits my sims the most. I prefer the inactive ones because they allow me to focus on other sims that aren't working at the moment, though I've never tried just not going to work with the sim for the active ones.

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