Hmm - I did touch on this in the blog post, but maybe not in enough detail.
Maxing out the salvaging skill doesn't take long - you can do it by level 4, and fairly quickly even if you don't decide to do it right away (which also implies you're probably not going salvaging right away) - so it's an acceptable thing to wait for. It's also a one-time wait, if it's a wait at all, since you're likely to get to this point during your first salvaging expedition.
Or, you can decide not to get it at all and put your points elsewhere, in which case you don't need to wait for it.
Welcome to the forum, by the way!