At the end of the day, all wokeness aside, Starfield is an ok game with ok game play with the absolute worst progression system I have ever seen. You absolutely have to cheat if you want to progress at a reasonable pace. You can't just level up a skill multiple times, nay nay, you have to finish a dipshit challenge like "kill 50 enemies with a pistol" then level up again before you get to do that.

Starfield is "Console Commands: The Game"