i know many are able to do hydro from the start without issues. i feel like there are a couple things in hydro that a new grower could have issues with tho (from reservoir temps, pumps, to managing root problems). for beginners i like the soilless/semi-hydro approach with peat or coir and a general fertilizer (20-10-20) or the jacks combo.
seems kind of trite - and somethings have been already updated - but my advice to new growers is to check out the bugbee intro to growing - it really makes things simple and you understand the basics so you can feel confident to fine tune or improve later on.
also for OP if this is any help, needs proper updating (hopefully ill have some time to do that soon):