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MiinU
Since: Jun, 2011
17th Aug, 2023 10:16:42 PM
If the obsession is career focused, I'd say that's covered by Workaholic. Taken to extremes, they're likely The Perfectionist (gotta get that spreadsheet and those flowcharts just right!).
Edited by MiinU
Saint-Starflicker
Since: Jul, 2023
19th Aug, 2023 01:43:37 AM
Thanks!
Tropiarz
Since: Sep, 2022
19th Aug, 2023 01:48:06 AM
There is also Married to the Job, where it's still an obsession, but for different reasons and of different kind.
Are there alternatives to Ambition Is Evil ?
I'm thinking of Frankenstein prior to activating the corpse collage, but that it can apply to anybody getting intense about their career or research. Detectives, even, maybe? Obsession with a case, and paranoia?