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Leatherworking/Skinning takes a lot of time and effort to get to a level where anything is really useful for you.
I have to STRONGLY disagree on that one. While I admit that it really depends on what zone you start out in (some have more skinnable creatures than others) it's AMAZINGLY easy to level up skinning. Insanely so. Why? Becuase you have a MUCH larger abundance of supplies to draw from than you have in any other profession. Take Dwarven/Gnome starting location. There's a ton of creatures that are left to rot all around the zone after they've been killed, especially Grizzled Den. Dun Morogh will get you to 130+ skinning and 60 leatherworking EASY. Loch Modan, next zone over, the entire west bank is chalk full of creatures to skin. 60-100+ before you hit lvl 15. South bank and east bank. 140+ leatherworking before you even touch lvl 20.
From lvl's 20-25 the east bank of Loch Modan is going to be your best farming grounds for skinning. In one hour you'll be able to pull in around 60-70 light leather skins, 10-15 Medium Leathers, around 5-8 light hides and if you're lucky a handful of medium hides. When you start needing more medium hides head on over to Duskwood.
Omg is it easy to get to 170 leatherworking before you even hit lvl 22. Just don't hunt what you can't skin, unless it's for a quest. But admitedly, soon as you start needing heavy leather (i.e. 170) leveling starts to slow down alot. But that can be said for any profession really (except for enchanting which is the toughest of all professions).