Skill career

Skill careers are a new kind of career that was introduced in The Sims 3: Ambitions expansion pack.

"We’ve implemented something we call “Skill Careers” so that players who have Sims who are fishermen, inventors, writers, and more can now register as self-employed at City Hall. We’ve added the consignment store venue in town so that players who create things like paintings or find things like jewels can earn a profit and take advantage of their Sims’ entrepreneurial spirits."

Skill careers work the same way as ordinary careers except that, since Sims are registered as "self-employed", promotions are linked entirely to money earned. Only skills that produce items - Painting, Sculpting, Fishing, Gardening, Inventing, Writing, Photography and Nectar making - will be able to be used in skill careers, with Photography and Nectar making available only if The Sims 3: World Adventures is installed. These careers are also available for teenagers.

The first level of promotion requires sales of §30. For the fishing skill career, the fish must be sold to the supermarket. For writing careers, chapter submission revenue counts towards the money earned and thus promotion. However, money earned through the consignment store does not seem to register, at least for Nectar making.

"'When your sims have knowledge of several of our existing skills, including sculpting and inventing from Ambitions, they can register as being 'self-employed.'"