You can also gain/lose skill points from these cards. At times, it may do something of very high benefit (gain 50,000 Simoleons, get promoted, etc.) or it may cause something very bad to happen to your Sim (lose 50,000 Simoleons, get fired, etc.).
If you choose either of the other two options, however, you may end up with a positive outcome or a negative outcome. Choosing "Ignore" means nothing happens as a result of this Chance Card. It will give you a little background info and then give you three possible choices, with the third one always being "Ignore". What are Chance Cards? Well, when a Sim goes to work, an event of sorts may pop up while they're there. Adults have ten levels per career, teenagers or elders have only three. The careers are listed in alphabetic order. The jobs are listed in order from their lowest There are many job 'levels' in each, with each higher one offering more money.
You can choose from one of ten different careers: Athletic, Business, Criminal, Culinary, Law Enforcement, Medicine, Military, Politics, Science, Slacker.