Hacker
- See Hacking for the Sims 3 activity.
The Hacker Career Track comes with The Sims: Livin' Large. While it requires a lot of skills, few friends are needed, and at the top levels it is the highest paying career in the game.
| Level | Name | Description | Pay | Hours | Skills Required | Friends Required |
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| 1 | Beta Tester | Put the next version of the software through its paces, and break it as often as possible. The Company is depending on you to make sure this code arrives on the store shelves in the cleanest possible condition, provided you don't rack up too many late-night pizza bills. | §120 | 9:00-17:00 
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None | 0 |
| 2 | Support Tech | Time in the testing trenches has earned you a break working on the phones. The hours are more regular, but the work isn't very entertaining. Keep up on the latest technology trends, and watch out for those nifty bugs that slipped through the cracks. Keep your customers happy... | §150 | 8:00-16:00 
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None | 0 |
| 3 | Web Master | Your understanding of what the company has to offer and what the customer is looking has you uniquely suited to creating (and maintaining) the company's website. Expect late-night work to avoid high-traffic downtimes, and requests from literally everyone in the company for changes and additions to your fine work. | §200 | 18:00-2:00 
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Mechanical: 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Hacker | Answering to the world was for the birds, so causing trouble on your own time has all the advantages you've been seeking. Keep your mind sharp so you can infiltrate government databases and eventually hone your skills to go after those international banks. | §240 | 00:00-9:00 
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Mechanical: 3 Logic: 2 |
0 |
| 5 | Security Consultant | Getting caught breaking into that government database had you on the brink of incarceration. Fortunately, the SimCitySoftware Company needs someone to help protect their Intellectual Properties from people with just your kinds of skills, so they'll let you out on probation if you agree to beef up their electronic security. Keep your creative and logic skills high to outsmart your former friends' assault on your new company's firewall. | §400 | 10:00-19:00 
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Mechanical: 4 Logic: 4 |
2 |
| 6 | Game Designer | Good thing you've gotten so creative of late - turns out your ideas for games caught the eyes and ears of the Powers That Be. Now the pressure's on for you to deliver a game script that will capture the public's interest, as well. This also means that you get to work nights, since that's when the engineers are at the office. | §610 | 14:00-23:00 
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Mechanical: 4 Logic: 4 Creativity: 4 |
3 |
| 7 | Internet Entrepreneur | Take your brilliant ideas out into the e-commerce world on your own. Hours are ridiculously long, the work is physically and mentally exhausting, but the payoff could be big at the end of the road. Make sure you don't overspend all your VC budget in the first month, and there's a chance others may want to work for you. | §800 | 10:00-20:00 
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Mechanical: 4 Logic: 5 Charisma: 2 Creativity: 6 |
5 |
| 8 | Software CEO | If you lead, they will follow.... and they have. You are now a hard-working, headline-making software industry baron, with impossible work hours, lots of healthy industry competition, and a P/L report to die for. | §1100 | 10:00-19:00
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Mechanical: 4 Logic: 6 Charisma: 4 Creativity: 7 |
6 |
| 9 | Venture Capitalist | All those stock options paid off - now that you've gotten more liquid, you can pick and choose which struggling little startups will earn your magnanimity, as well as the prestige of your name as a backing for their work. | §1300 | 11:00-20:00 
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Mechanical: 5 Logic: 7 Charisma: 6 Creativity: 9 |
8 |
| 10 | Information Overlord | Just when you thought it couldn't get any better, the hours eased up, the public became both worshipful and insufferable, and you have all the answers that everyone else in technology is seeking. You can become increasingly reclusive, bulking up your home security system, and taking lots of phone calls, but the money just keeps rolling in. | §1550 | 11:00-20:00
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Mechanical: 7 Logic:10 Charisma: 8 Creativity: 10 |
8 |
The Information Overlord will eventually change careers and become a Newspaper Reporter in the Journalism career track.