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The Sims 4offers a number of different careers in the base game, which recently became free-to-play, and the Tech Guru is one of the more illustrious of your options. With the job itself based in all things technological, you’ll choose between becoming a professional gamer or starting your own smash-success website.
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Both the eSports Gamer and Start Up Entrepreneur career paths in The Sims 4 Tech Guru career offer hefty payouts and some pretty sweet rewards, but the two paths themselves almost couldn’t be more different. We’ve broken down both paths of the Tech Guru career in this guide.
Tech Guru Career Overview
Games Or Gains: Choose Between ESports Gaming And Tech Start-Up Stardom
Perfect for both computer whizzes and the business-savvy alike, the Tech Guru career in The Sims 4 is one of the morelucrative career pathsin the base game.
Though you won’t get tochoose a specialtyfor the career until being promoted toLevel Sevenin the Tech Guru track, you’ll have plenty of time to begin building thesimilar skill setsrequired of both specializations.
The two paths in The Sims 4 Tech Guru career are:
The career doesn’t split until Level Seven, though, andthe first six levels require both Video Gaming and Programming skillsto advance.
Have Fun And Get Paid To Build Your Career Skills
Unfortunately for Sims choosing the Start Up Entrepreneur career path,theCharisma skillbecomes important as soon as you choose a career specialty. Gamers, meanwhile, simply continue programming as their secondary career skill.
Regardless of which path you intend to choose for your Sim, it helps to give them a leg up byworking on skillsbefore accepting the job. Thankfully, as teens and young adults, all three skills are pretty easy to work on.
Unlike some skills for other careers that drain a Sims' needs,building the Video Gaming skill builds your Sim’s fun meter. They’ll enjoy their time spent at the computer or in the Motion Gaming Rig, continuing so long as their other five needs are met.
And while Programming doesn’t have any need-based rewards, you canuse Programming skills to earn extra cashon the side in your off-time.
These side hustles can beginas early as Level Twoof the skill, with more money to be made the better you get at programming. Each level of the skill unlocks progressively more lucrative hacking opportunities - provided you don’t get caught.
Helpful Traits And Moods For Tech Gurus
Gaming Is A More Solitary Career
While we hate to play into stereotypes here, an aspiring eSports Gamer in The Sims 4 will be spending alotof time at their desk gaming alone. Because of this, both theLazy and Loner traitscome in handy.
When a Sim isLazy, they’ll be far keener to live a couch potato kind of life,gaining happy moodlets from inactivity.
Loners, meanwhile, thrive when left alone - which is how you’ll spend a lot of your time practicing - and because of this, see theirsocial need decay slowerthan other Sims.
However, with a looming need to progress in theProgramming skill, you’ll find thatGeniusSims thrive in these careers.
Tech Start-Ups Require Charisma And Brains From Their CEOs
Unlike your gamer counterparts, you’ll begin doing a pretty good amount ofsocializingin the Tech Start-Up field. And because of this, you’ll need to begood with people, making moresocial traitsa huge help.
Both theOutgoingandSelf-Assuredtraitswill help massively in this regard, with these Sims more apt to socialize on their own, to build relationships faster, and to be inConfidentmoods.
Additionally, those with theGeniustrait will, like the other book-smart skillsbuild the Programming skill fasterthan other Sims.
They’re also more inclined tobe Focused, which is theIdeal Mood for the Tech Guru career.
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Every Level Of The Tech Guru Career: Pay, Hours, Promotion Tasks, And More
In the tables below, we’ve broken down every level on both paths in The Sims 4 Tech Guru career.
Each level of the career has its own hours, pay, and daily tasks, and these change as you earn promotions. The careersplits at Level Seven, when you’ll choose your specialty and receive tasks more oriented toward it.
Daily Tasks and Promotion Requirements
10 AM - 6 PM
$31/hour ($248/day)
10 AM - 7 PM
$38/hour ($342/day)
$47/hour ($423/day)
Reach Level 2 in the Video Gaming skill
Reach Level 3 in the Programming skill
9 AM - 5 PM
$63/hour ($504/day)
Reach Level 3 in the Video Gaming skill
Reach Level 4 in the Programming skill
$73/hour ($584/day)
Reach Level 4 in the Video Gaming skill
Reach Level 5 in the Programming skill
$78/hour ($624/hour)
Reach Level 5 in the Video Gaming skill
Reach Level 6 in the Programming skill
eSports Competitor (7)
2 PM - 1 PM
$121/hour ($1,089/day)
Reach Level 6 in the Video Gaming skill
5 PM - 12 AM
$194/hour (1,358/day)
Reach Level 8 in the Video Gaming skill
Reach Level 7 in the Programming skill
APM King or Queen (9)
4 PM - 10 PM
$261/hour ($1,566/day)
Reach Level 10 in the Video Gaming skill
Reach Level 8 in the Programming skill
$328/hour
($1,968/day)
10 AM - 5 PM
$98/hour ($686/day)
Reach Level 2 in the Charisma skill
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
10 AM - 4 PM
$185/hour ($1,110/day)
Reach Level 9 in the Programming skill
Reach Level 4 in the Charisma skill
Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
$371/hour ($2,226/day)
Reach Level 10 in the Programming skill
Reach Level 6 in the Charisma skill
10 AM - 3 PM
$516/hour ($2,580/day)
Use Programming Skill
While they both end up working the same number of days by the end of the career track,Tech Guru is the more profitablepath between the two.
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All Rewards And Items Unlocked In The Tech Guru Career
Finally, below is every reward for The Sims 4 Tech Guru career, including both the eSports Gaming and Entrepreneur career paths.
The majority of these aredecorative items, with a few career-specific interactions sprinkled throughout.
Items or Interactions Unlocked
Start Up Genius (10)
Plasmatron 3,000 Flat Screen TV
If you’re also interested in the other career path’s rewards but don’t want to start a whole second career, you can always clear career-relatedrestrictions in Build/Buywith cheats.
