Developer
The developer track is the flagship tech career: strong late-game pay, programming-gated promotions, and computer literacy as the foundation. It expects you to invest time and tuition before the job feels “easy.”
Key skills
- Basic computer — entry literacy; trained by the first software course wave.
- Programming — the real ladder stat; university-tier education pushes it higher.
Start software development (apprenticeship) as soon as age and money allow. The university programming course requires that first program—skipping it blocks the entire senior path.
Education gates
Unlike bartending or waitressing, developer ranks assume sequential courses:
- Apprenticeship-style software engineering track (computer skill, many in-game days).
- College-category advanced software / programming track chained after the first completion.
Treat tuition as startup capital: a few months of teen work funds the first course if you budget.
Interviews
Tech hiring uses a dedicated interview pool—expect logic, ethics, and stress questions. Intelligence helps learning speed globally, so academic characters promote faster with fewer calendar days.
Strategy
- Run school courses or digital marketing (computer-adjacent) if you need a cheaper bridge before formal dev tuition.
- Avoid burning out: low energy tanks interview performance indirectly through missed days.
- Pair with banker only if you love spreadsheets—both want calendar time.
If your goal is maximum income per year played, developer is a marathon: commit or pick delivery or banker for a shorter ramp.