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Help Choose Rami's Career! [Finished]
VeeDub
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Rami Omar-Velaris is growing up, and it's not long before he has to decide some grown-up things. I already know he'll earn a degree, but I haven't yet decided which. First I want to decide what career might be best for him, as that would heavily influence his choices in higher education. Other simmers were so helpful and fun in my last major decision for Rami, so I thought I'd seek your help again. 
For a bit of extra background that may influence which choices you wish to make (which in turn may have long term influences on Rami's life, including where and how he ends up residing, the kinds of people he might interact with most, and so on), the following may be the most relevant.
Money isn't necessarily a major factor in any of the choices, as the family has considerable funds (2 careers, a small but well-tended garden, and good investments, current amount about 5.4m simoleons). Rami himself already has savings, investments, and a modest trust fund to take over when he ages up; currently these amount to just over 1m simoleons. Somewhat related, Rami will live in Britechester for the duration of his courses, but not on campus; he'll have his own small house (possibly with a friend or two), location depending on which school he chooses. He'll get a more permanent home of his own after he earns his degree (where, I don't yet know).
Rami is very close to both parents, and they've helped a great deal with his education thus far. They've probably influenced him in unknown ways as well. One is a spellcaster with Genius, Bookworm, Self-Assured traits, and he works as a mid-level writer in the Author career. The other is a mid-level programmer in the Tech Guru career, and his traits are Self-Assured, Jealous, and Family-Oriented. Both are well-respected and somewhat well-known (each has 1 star of fame). Rami rolled Self-Assured and Bookworm from their combined traits, and at YA he'll get Vegetarian from a wild-card roll. Per my previous poll he became a spellcaster and has now surpassed his father in rank. He also recently earned his first rank in fame.
Being a bookworm may have helped Rami learn, as his parents have an extensive collection of books, and he loves to read them. The following are things he has learned by autonomous means through independent study and/or practice (with little or no direction from me):
Max skills: Charisma, Comedy, Fitness, Gardening, Logic, Programming (also won Hackathon at his 1st Geekcon), and Violin.
Guitar and Singing are at level 9+
Piano is at level 8+
Video Gaming is at level 7+
Handiness is at level 6+
Rocket Science is at level 5+
Research and Debate is at level 5+
Photography is level 4+
Rami has a number of other skills, but most are either too low to seem significant or weren't autonomously gained.
I'll use the amount of votes received at the time Rami ages up to young adult, at which time the poll will be considered closed. I'll edit this section of the post to update his current aging progress to give an indication of how close things are to being finished. Current: Young Adult. The official count was: Creative 8, Tech/Science 17, Other 5. I'll add a new post with the final results. Many thanks to all who participated!
For a bit of extra background that may influence which choices you wish to make (which in turn may have long term influences on Rami's life, including where and how he ends up residing, the kinds of people he might interact with most, and so on), the following may be the most relevant.
Money isn't necessarily a major factor in any of the choices, as the family has considerable funds (2 careers, a small but well-tended garden, and good investments, current amount about 5.4m simoleons). Rami himself already has savings, investments, and a modest trust fund to take over when he ages up; currently these amount to just over 1m simoleons. Somewhat related, Rami will live in Britechester for the duration of his courses, but not on campus; he'll have his own small house (possibly with a friend or two), location depending on which school he chooses. He'll get a more permanent home of his own after he earns his degree (where, I don't yet know).
Rami is very close to both parents, and they've helped a great deal with his education thus far. They've probably influenced him in unknown ways as well. One is a spellcaster with Genius, Bookworm, Self-Assured traits, and he works as a mid-level writer in the Author career. The other is a mid-level programmer in the Tech Guru career, and his traits are Self-Assured, Jealous, and Family-Oriented. Both are well-respected and somewhat well-known (each has 1 star of fame). Rami rolled Self-Assured and Bookworm from their combined traits, and at YA he'll get Vegetarian from a wild-card roll. Per my previous poll he became a spellcaster and has now surpassed his father in rank. He also recently earned his first rank in fame.
Being a bookworm may have helped Rami learn, as his parents have an extensive collection of books, and he loves to read them. The following are things he has learned by autonomous means through independent study and/or practice (with little or no direction from me):
Max skills: Charisma, Comedy, Fitness, Gardening, Logic, Programming (also won Hackathon at his 1st Geekcon), and Violin.
Guitar and Singing are at level 9+
Piano is at level 8+
Video Gaming is at level 7+
Handiness is at level 6+
Rocket Science is at level 5+
Research and Debate is at level 5+
Photography is level 4+
Rami has a number of other skills, but most are either too low to seem significant or weren't autonomously gained.
I'll use the amount of votes received at the time Rami ages up to young adult, at which time the poll will be considered closed. I'll edit this section of the post to update his current aging progress to give an indication of how close things are to being finished. Current: Young Adult. The official count was: Creative 8, Tech/Science 17, Other 5. I'll add a new post with the final results. Many thanks to all who participated!
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Help Choose Rami's Career! [Finished] 33 votes
Something Creative (feel free to elaborate if you wish)
30%
10 votes
Something Technical or Scientific (feel free to elaborate if you wish)
51%
17 votes
Something Else? (feel free to elaborate if you wish)
18%
6 votes
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Bored with his previous life and wanting a drastic change and a challenge, he decides to follow that interest and pursuit a career in the culinary arts. He could even write a cookbook later on (Bookworm trait), I believe there is an option while you're in the culinary career. He could also own a vegetarian restaurant at some point.
The creative ones are often my favorites. We'll see how it goes.
You both make excellent points. If he ends up going with something creative, this is definitely something I'll keep in mind.
Oooh, interesting suggestion. His cooking skills are currently pretty low, but if he should seem to have an interest at some point soonish, I'll keep your suggestion in mind!
Hey, now there's a career I haven't tried yet. If he goes in the tech direction, I may indeed give that one a go.
Thanks to all for your votes so far, and for the comments so far, too!
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If he ends up going the creative route, that's certainly a possibility. While he was still in child stage I did a career roll just for fun, and Actor was the one that came up. I never intended to use it for real, and his acting skill is low, but who knows... lol
Good idea. If he goes tech/science I'll definitely need to give him some creative outlets (if not for him, for me).
Those are some good ones to think about. I've done most of them before, but not all to the top levels. Thanks for the suggestions.
I don't have EL, but I appreciate the suggestion!
lol, don't give him any ideas; he might be all too eager to do that.
You make a good point. Honestly I'm sending him to school primarily for my own sake. Rami is the only sim I'm playing in that save, so he needs to have plenty of things to do so that I the player won't burn out.
Hey, he could be a supermodel on the side, right? lol... Seriously, though, your thoughts make sense. And I haven't had a doctor sim in quite a while. I never topped that career with the only one I had in the past. Hmm...
Thanks again to everyone who has taken the time to participate so far! I could certainly decide these things on my own, but this way is so much more fun.
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Rami seems well on his way to becoming a Super Sim, he adores his sister, has a good family relationship, and is light hearted. So, educate him in Parenting and maybe Psychology (which is mostly mischief iirc and not my favorite); then set about to "save the world." Take in lone, homeless teens, tutor them or just watch them grow, learn and go.
~laughs~
Yeah, I am a Care Bear and I love playing this way. Super Sims can raise a village of semi to well educated sims, and even a couple of their own children, if they have the inclination to do so.
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I'll add that to my list of tech possibilities if the vote ends up on that side of things. Thanks for the suggestion!
Something in music would indeed seem a natural fit for him if the vote goes to creative. We'll see!
I don't have Parenthood, but I find your idea interesting. I may try something similar to that for another sim (in another save). Thanks very much for the suggestion!
Thanks again to everyone who has contributed so far! To anyone else who may want to and hasn't yet, time is getting short, so I hope you soon catch the moment you need.
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You're a little late for the count, and also I don't have the Vampires pack. Unique idea, though!
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I know some friends enjoy the Style Influencer career with the base game and making really bad looking outfits that other Sims start to follow the trend.