I left my advertising job to create furniture in The Sims 4. I didn't think I could make a living modding

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I left my advertising job to create furniture in The Sims 4. I didn't think I could make a living modding — until I did

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Fanny Deroubaix is a 38-year-old self-employed video game modder known online as Syboulette.
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Fanny Deroubaix left her job as a freelance art director to pursue modding The Sims 4 full-time.
Learning to modify video games was challenging at first, but she enjoys…

This story appeared on businessinsider.com, 2025-07-09 13:48:36.