Alright, I downloaded the Eve client and am going to start the 14 day trial. Any recommendations?
Dont get a big ship to soon, you ll just end up loseing it.
Get a small cheap one, decked out and try pvping vs other players in smaller ships.
Skill points > decked ship gear > player skills
Enjoy fleeing from space pirites, that ll take your ship hostage/ransom, for ISK (pay or get blown up). If your into that sort of stuff, you should join a guild.
And Griefers that like to make you cry, your blown up ship is all the live for. Its fun to have a high Bounty! its
One Piece in space!
who can be the most notorious space pirite in eve? you can

just go around blowing up as many as you can get (live for that kill-list).
Also enjoy hunting Miners, that want rare minerals they can only find in unsafe space (hint, miners ships = weak, go find a dude and random him for some minerals or ISK). ***Warning, they usually either pay a group to use their space (and they dont like pirites, its bad bussiness), or they hire protection to come with them when they mine (or guild members from mineing companies).
Also, not all space is equal in Eve, some spots have better minerals/ores, or strategic value,,... and usually theres some big guys (bands of them) hanging around those places. They ll have buildt fortresses there and have put up all kinds of turrets ect to protect their areas
Because every item in space, is man made, ei the bullets/rockets ect you fire.... demand can reach good heights. You could take up crafting, or buying something thats common in 1 place of space, and then move it to another area where there is less of it, and sell it there for profit.
so money is made by:
1) missions (be they fighting, crafting,mineing/ transporting)
2) crafting/transporting/mineing / just killing random NPC ships that are pirates
3) space piracy, ei takeing people hostage/held at ransom.
4) protection, get hired to fight off space pirates. (ei. follow a miner, payed to find/exicute a pirate).
5) I believe you can buy stock in various NPC bussiness, and try to manipulate the world to your benefit, if you rather try speculation in space
theres probably more ways to make ISK.
I wouldnt be surprised if someone payed you to survey/gather intel in a area, with probs, or if you found some rare minerals in a area not currently occupied, that sort of stuff.