Crepitus is the roman god of flatulence .... whats up C its XyberViri from a long as time ago in the New Eden Radio channel.....
Really the only thing that matters in this game is NAV 10, beyond that you dont really need to raise skills unless you specifically know why your raising that specific skill, -OR- your specifically raising a skill because you need to fit a piece of equipment and have done the math and know where you need to be.
New players shouldn't shoot for a mech with in the first month, you can but you really shouldn't. you can get a effective assault/light on day 1 and in then in a month you could be in a mech.
Just remember to T2 fit a Assault your looking at like 3million NIC, thats if you can find most of what your looking for on sale or via artifact hunting.
T4 light mechs are going to cost you in the realm of 30million.
New players don't really have that sorta disposable income, i can't speak for com-u-corps because they pay for everything.