The newbie guides are pretty thorough on the topic.
That said, either minmatar or gallente, focus on ALOT of perception and a bit less willpower.
You'll want gunnery, missle, and drone skills. But honestly, there's soo many little skills that you'll need to train that you can get bogged down. Assuming you have an indy character, than you wont need to run missions. But if you're just starting, hitmissions up and you'll slowly realize what you'll need to get, skill wise.
Read the skills thread, if it goes pew pew, get it.