Newbie struggles to fit in

Hello everyone,
i purchased the game for my NS2.
First time playing this game and i bought it because i loved the aesthetic and the concept.

I got to say that i really want to delve deeper into the game and complete as much as i can.
But i am struggling in some aspects:

a) Do i have to follow the story? I usually tend to skip cutscenes to NOT heavily story driven games.

b) Is there any particular order that i should do stuff? Because atm i am feeling that i am being bombared by quests, that dont have any relevance between them, just catch and fetch stuff.

c) The whole point is just to farm the jobs or to do that whilst i do the story?

I would appreciate any advice from you as players, because i dont look into YT videos where most people saying generalities.

Thank you.