This guide covers the Magician Profession in The Sims 3 Showtime. This profession is all about entertaining other Sims by putting on a great magic show. You'll earn most of your money from gigs, but not before spending some time out in public honing your magic tricks. Later in this career, you will have a lot of free time while still making amazing money doing gigs. That leaves you plenty of time for activities like Gardening, Fishing, or simply raising your Cooking so your Sim can eat better meals. Charisma may be a good skill to raise as well, because you will have an easy time meeting the friendship and acquaintance requirements to advance.
If you want your Magician to be truly great, take the Natural Born Performer trait that comes with Showtime. This trait will reduce the failure rate of all your magic tricks and help the Magician have a better overall stage presence.
How to Start the Career
If you are lucky, you can find the option to start the magician career with the newspaper or computer. Select Jobs and Professions, then Find a Profession. If it's not there, you could wait until the next day but the direct route is to speak to one of the proprietors in town.
Proprietors are the business owners who can schedule you for a gig. But, in this case, talking to the proprietor of Verde Park or the big park in the town you're playing. Proprietors generally show up as orange dots on your map once you've taken on the career. You'll need to find someone labeled with "Name, Proprietor". That's the person who manages the park. They'll give you the join Magician Career option.