"what the best job for a starter character is supposed to be"

you never actually spoke to this point in the article....so...

The obvious and most commonly agreed upon answer answer is Monk. While the least sought job of the starting 6 jobs for parties (with the exception of a thf pre-lvl 15), monk is easily the most well rounded job to start with. It has the strongest weapon skill, most rounded stats, and is in general an excellent solo job. Not to mention the arguably strongest two hour of the starting 6.

While the job you should take really depends on the role you want to take later, i.e. if you want to tank start a war, DD mnk/thf/blm, heal whm/rdm, the early levels aren't always the best indication of the role jobs play later in the game, but they are a nice indication of the different roles you'll play as the game progresses.