Skill Discussions

You want to eventually end up with of course T2 drones and medium blasters/rails. Mostly armored fits (so EANM II's and plates or armor reps) but some people do fly shield thorax so I included the relevant skills below. Hybrids are typically difficult to fit on many Gallente ships so I've included the relevant fitting skills. Since hybrids use cap to fire you want strong capacitor skills so those are included.

In no particular order...

Medium Hybrid Weapons 5 & Specializations 4
All Gunnery support skills 4, eventually 5
Mechanics 5
Hull Upgrades 5
Electronics 5
Engineering 5
Signature Analysis 5
Targeting 5
Long Range Targeting 4
Energy Emission Systems 4
Energy Management 5
Energy Systems Operation 5
Propulsion Jamming 4
Shield Management 4/5
Shield Operation 5
Shield Upgrades 4
Tactical Shield Manipulation 4
Weapon Upgrades 5
Advanced Weapon Upgrades 4/5
Armor Compensations 4, Explosive to 5
Jury Rigging 4
Repair Systems 5
Thermodynamics 4/5
Armor, Astronautic, and Hybrid Rigging to 4
All Navigation skills
Spaceship Command 5
Gallente Cruiser 5
Drones 5
Combat Drone Operation 5
Scout Drone Operation 5
Drone Interfacing to 4 at first, absolutely to 5 eventually
Racial Drone Specializations 4
Drone Sharpshooting 5
Drone Durability 4
Drone Navigation 5
Heavy Drone Operation 4/5

Indeed it is, but getting those skills up now will affect almost every ship you fly down the road, especially if you choose to crosstrain into Amarr, or the armored Minmatar ships.: