I level them the normal way (no potd & HoH even).

Reason is twofold:

- job stories and how they can reveal interesting lore bits from the past (BRD, BLM, RDM, MNK) or have their own satisfying quests (PLD, WAR, DRK)

- I intend to play each job competently to flex between jobs for raiding or teach them to others (im a mentor who actually helps) - that means learning and adapting my rotation on raid level as early as possible; example, learning to optimize wildfire as early as 38, only 8 machinist level in. Thus I start every single job from the beginning and learn and adapt over time rather than forcing the learning process into the last ten levels.