How I Solo Start in Kenshi | Zero Mining

The TLDR of this video goes like this:
1.) Make 10,000 cats and join the Shinobi
2.) Head to Rot (or any other swamp town), and bodyguard job on the wandering Shinobi Assassin
3.???
4.) Do this until bored/geared up/combat skills in the mid-20s to 30s, with attributes to match.
Save yourself however long this video turned out--or, don't, and watch me get my leg ripped off by a damn blood spider.