Beginner Crafter

[PirateCat]

I would not level them up all at once though. If you are starting out, you'll be broke really fast. I'd recommend levelling the DoL first, so you can spare the mats / sell some to earn enough

You'll only go broke leveling DOH jobs if you buy a lot of the mats you need. Nearly everything you need can be gathered, which is obviously slower but doesn't cost gil. So yes, keeping DOL jobs at pace is very helpful here.

I would also recommend making at least one retainer a DOW/DOM class for ventures so you can have a reliable supply of mats like hides and sinew that come from enemy drops. You can use the seals you get from daily GC turn ins to buy ventures and keep them going.

Overall it's not hard to be self-sufficient while leveling everything, but it can take a bit of planning.

Edit: Another useful source of experience is the daily Ixal beast tribe quests. There's less of an incentive to max out the reputation with them than there used to be, but you don't need to produce your own mats for anything other than the quota one and they're a pretty decent source of exp. Plus, you can turn them in as any DOH class, even if it's not the one you used to make the items, so it's a good way to dump some extra exp on a class that's lagging behind a bit.