Stuff like this is more fun and can yield you income, despite (deliberately) not mentioning it:
For a new player, the route CCP gives them is pretty poor, isk- and gameplay-wise, compared to what you can make in your early days by deliberately ignoring it and going for adventures. Being socially interactive will yield you relatively more. Way more, actuallly.
Pix Severus wrote down my early day adventures, which you can read here:
You won’t beat that income with conventional crap everyone does. As a new player, making others aware of your existence is the best money maker, relatively speaking. This isn’t meant to brag. The purpose of this story is exactly for threads like this.
Providing amusing content for others will make you money and it’s more fun than grinding!