Not as cool as you might think. The game is very slow and boring until you develop a character sufficient enough to survive simple combat situations. Unless you have massive amounts of time each day to stare at the screen and chat with others about things you wish you could be doing in the game, I'd steer clear of EVE.
I have a character I could sell you for a few bucks:
MyoptikHe's a 'miner', almost at 100% efficiency.