Not sure if this is where to post this but I've been having a lot of fun playing the Go To Work expansion as a Scientist. I'm doing it as part of a dynasty but not particularly worried if I make it past founder or not since it's just a lot of fun.
Playing Scientist you have the choice of going to work as a rabbit hole where you don't interact or "joining" your Sim at work. While there you manage what your Sim does. Basically it's a whole new world to play, or town or lot or whatever you call the places you can visit in Sims4. It is a buildable lot with lots and lots of room to add or change things, (not possible for me since it is in context of dynasty), and contains so many things you are pretty much guaranteed to have a lot of fun with it. The goal is to have eureka moments when your Sim has a "breakthrough". Each breakthrough brings you closer to your promotions and are pretty easy to accomplish. So far my Sim is moving quite fast toward reaching level 10.
I wanted to join my Sim there at first. In this career, (and probably in the others as well), when it is time for you to go to work you get a box that tells you you can "join" or just send your Sim. If you just send your Sim it is the same as any other rabbit hole, or is it? Your Sim greys out and you are left to play with any other household members you have. If you join you get a travel screen and once you arrive at work you get a box that tells you generally what your day is going to be like and it can vary each time. Your Sim starts to go into the building after you click off the box. In the upper, left hand corner of the screen is the same set up as you find when you have a party or go on a date. A green bar line you have to fill and a dot at the end of the bar line keeps track of your day at work and how far you've gotten in your tasks or level towards promotions. Beneath the bar are the tasks you are asked to finish. Like in parties and dates, you don't have to finish them all as they change as you complete each one. If you don't want to do any but just want to explore the world, you can do that also. It is a HUGE world containing tons of dig spots, plants to harvest, aliens to collect and fish to catch. There is even a picnic area where you can cook and eat. One of my tasks was to "insult tourist" so I imagine this is where they will show up but don't know if they show up anywhere else.
There are a lot of employees to interact with aged between YA and Elder. Grim has visited twice so far so you could have ghosts to deal with or tombstones to keep in inventory or place in the parks they are allowed in for dynasties. So far mine are in my inventory.
So far I've almost completed collections for crystals, elements, Sim trophies and metals, plus gotten several aliens and plants. I also have some serums I created which cause moodlets, (red hot makes the Sim who drinks it angry!), a ray gun and another item whose name I can't remember. The ray gun, when upgraded, can change things into other things. Those cheap, useless Easter eggs, ( oh yeah, finished my collection of those while collecting at work), were one of my targets for transformation. The ten simoleon egg became a variety of items from toys to books to decorative items, all worth much more than the egg so this ray gun is a huge money maker!! You can also use it on Sims to freeze them.
After a bit I wanted to know what would happen if you sent your Sim to work as a rabbit hole so I gave Malcolm Landgraab the job as a rabbit hole. I wanted to see who would progress more quickly. Both my Sims went to work each day with all needs full and in the best mood, focused. So far Malcolm was just doing whatever and I thought he would not be as fast as my founder, but then I discovered he could actually have breakthroughs at home by doing various tasks there, like gardening, doing things on the computer, and possibly observing the sky, (not tested yet). So if you prepare your Sim early on and send him to work as another rabbit hole you can help move him up the career by doing various tasks at home and on weekends or vacation days. Haven't tested how fast or what can be done besides what I mentioned as my main focus is on my founder at work.
Sorry for the length of this post but I am so excited about this career I just had to share. Anyone else have any insights or things to do?
