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Tesla's City Career Guide Notes

Source: "Tesla's City Career Fast-Tracking Guide" by NikolaTesla [1631174], thread t=15953852. Karma 2,331.

Why City Careers Matter

There are 6 city careers: Education, Medical, Law, Army, Grocer, Casino.

Only 4 are worth completing. Grocer and Casino give nothing useful (no merit, no permanent perk).

Each of the 4 important ones gives a permanent perk that stays with you even after you leave the job.

The 4 Important Careers and Their Perks

Education (reach Principal)

  • Perk: Cheat Sheet = 10% reduction to all college study times permanently
  • With 55 merits in Education merit track: total 30% reduction
  • The entire college syllabus takes 7+ real-life years normally. 30% off = saves over 2 years.
  • Get this perk ASAP. The sooner you start, the more time you save.

Medical (reach Brain Surgeon)

  • Perk: Revive skill. Spend 75 energy to revive players from hospital.
  • Players will pay you to revive them. Merits for 500 and 1000 revives.
  • Less urgent than Education.

Law (reach Federal Judge)

  • Perk: +10% crime success rate permanently
  • Useful if going for crime merits (8N drug deals etc)
  • Combined with Psychology bachelor (+10% more) = useful for high-nerve crimes

Army (reach General)

  • Perk: Spy on player stats for 10 Army points + $5k
  • Earlier specials: spend Army points to boost Defence and Strength (requires 1000+ accumulated Army points = 100 days as General for Defence boost)
  • Unlike the other 3, Army perks are NOT passive. Must be in Army to use them.

Fast-Track Stats Required

Minimum working stats (Manual, Intelligence, Endurance) to complete each career in the minimum time:

Career Fast-track time Min stats needed
Education 26 days INT 4365, MAN 1252, END 1236
Medical 26 days INT 9378, END 3673, MAN 2316
Army 41 days MAN 9262, END 3603, INT 1674
Law 21 days END 14350, INT 8485, MAN 5560
Grocer 16 days END 372, INT 149, MAN 158
Casino 21 days END 3842, INT 928, MAN 629

How to Build Working Stats Fast

  1. Best way: join a high-star player-owned company. They give bigger daily stat boosts than city careers and directors can train you several times a week. More stars = more trains/day = faster stat growth.
  2. Paying a director for extra trains is the absolute fastest but costs real money or faction connections.
  3. Education city career (after reaching Principal) is next best if you can't get a good company: job points can boost all 3 stats significantly (100 point increase per 10 JPs).

Key Notes

  • Do NOT spend job points until you reach the top tier role in a city career. Spending them early slows your fast-track.
  • Job points carry over when you change jobs. You never lose them.
  • The recommended progression: get into a good player-owned company first to build stats, then fast-track Education, then Army.
  • Join Grocer or Casino temporarily while waiting for a company (they pay a bit better than Army at entry level).
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