Career Hub

Career Requirements Checklist (Copy-Paste List)

The fastest way to stop wasting lives on failed applications is to check the education gate, stat floor, and setup path for each career before you start aging up.

This page is the main checklist hub for job routes. Use it when you want to compare high-value careers side by side, then branch into the detailed doctor, president, mafia, or money guides once you know which path fits the run.

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Quick answer

The fastest way to stop wasting lives on failed applications is to check the education gate, stat floor, and setup path for each career before you start aging up.

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These pages are the fastest next clicks if the current route depends on money, stats, relationships, prison recovery, or ribbon planning.

How to use this checklist

Pick the target career first, then lock the front-loaded requirement before you touch side content. In BitLife that usually means schooling, looks, smarts, or a clean criminal record.

If a route depends on elections, fame, or a pack-specific system, treat that as its own long setup instead of something you fix at the end.

Check the education gate before childhood choices drift the run off course.

Protect the one stat that matters most for the career instead of raising everything equally.

Restart early when the starting country or school path is wrong.

BitLife career requirements list

Career	Education gate	Extra gate	Criminal record	Related page
Doctor	University + Medical School	High smarts, no wasted years	No	Open page
Brain Surgeon	Medical School	Very high smarts	No	Open page
Psychiatrist	Medical School	Steady promotion path	No	Open page
Pilot	University	Pilot license	No	Open page
Banker	University	Clean professional route	No	Open page
Real Estate Agent	High school or equivalent	Car + driving license	Mixed	Open page
President	Politics ladder	Money, smarts, clean image	No	Open page
Godfather	Crime progression	Survival + rank growth	Yes	Open page

Good money routes without a long degree path

Route	Why players use it	Main blocker	Best support page
Actor / Model	Fast upside through looks and fame	Weak looks or no visibility	Open page
Casino systems	Can scale profit quickly	Bad risk control	Open page
Mafia / Godfather	Crime-based money spike	Prison collapse	Open page
Real Estate Agent	Accessible early route	Needs driving setup	Open page
Driver / Ride-share	Quick entry point	Low ceiling alone	Open page
Fisherman ladder	Strong top-end pay in later steps	Long promotion chain	Open page

How to read the checklist without wasting runs

Use the checklist to eliminate bad routes early. If a career needs Medical School, a pilot license, or a clean criminal record and your life already missed that setup, switch paths immediately instead of spending another twenty years on a dead attempt.

For most prestige jobs, the stat page matters before the job page. That is why this checklist works best together with the max stats guide and then the specific route page.

Open the doctor page if you are committing to a degree-heavy route.

Open the president page if the run is really about politics and public image.

Open the high paying jobs page if you want money speed rather than prestige.

FAQ

What is the best first career page to read on a new BitLife run?

Start with the checklist, then open the doctor, president, or highest paying jobs page depending on whether you want stability, prestige, or fast money.