Career Focused Aspiration

Hey everyone, hope you're having a good weekend so far?

I decided to completely rebuild this aspiration, and it now comes with a bunch of new features and improvements. It's also now fully Base Game Compatible, and only requires a couple of my mods rather than specific DLC. Check the requirements section below for more info.

This is a YA+ aspiration in the Knowledge category: Career Focused. Rather than centering around one specific career, your Sim chooses their own path—this aspiration is designed for Sims who are ambitious, career-driven, and determined to climb the ladder.

I've also added a brand-new feature: Work Overtime. This interaction originally came with the Workaholic lifestyle from Snowy Escape, but I always found it buggy, and the actual "work off-hours" interaction was permanently ghosted out in my game. So... I made my own version instead. 😅

Using Phone → Work → Work Overtime, your Sim can take on an additional 6-hour shift outside their regular schedule, earning time-and-a-half pay for the extra hours worked. The Python tuning for this feature is included in my mod library, so make sure you're using the latest version.

There's also a brand-new reward trait: Career-Driven. Once earned, your Sims can work overtime whenever they qualify for it, along with a few additional career-related bonuses. You'll also unlock overtime during Milestone 4 of the aspiration.

Another new feature allows your Sims to chat with coworkers via Phone → Work or Computer → Career. If your Sim doesn't currently have any coworkers, you can now generate some yourself using a new cheat. Simply Shift+Click a computer and choose Career → Add Coworkers. This will pull in two existing unplayed Sims, place them in the same career, and assign the coworker relationship bit automatically. This feature works for any Sim currently in a career.

I've also reworked most of the aspiration objectives so they're fully Base Game Compatible and no longer require DLC, outside of the supporting mods linked below.

I hope you enjoy it! I've fully playtested everything and haven't run into any issues so far, but if you do spot anything, the best place to let me know is Discord. Even if it seems minor, I'd still love to hear about it!

~midnitetech 💚
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</s><s>Hi all, I created this a while ago but forgot to upload it! I've polished it up, and now it's ready for you to try! I love aspirations, but I'm not so keen on ones that require a specific career, so I came up with this instead. Hope you like it!</s><s>
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</s><s>View the 16 goals I've set for this aspiration </s><s>here</s><s>!</s><s>
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</s><s>~midnitetech 💚</s>

⚠️Required Mods & DLC:

• 🌐 Lot 51's Core Library
• 📁 midnitetech_modlibrary (you MUST have the latest version: 9th May 2026)
• 🎓 Discover University DLC OR SimU: Academic Life
• 💲Simoleonz Side Hustlez

🧩 Optional DLC/Mods:

• 👪 Parenthood DLC
• 💼 My custom careers (any EA or custom career is compatible)

❗Conflicts:

• None
  
  Download to C:\Users\YourName\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Mods (Script files must be no more than 1 folder deep).

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