Any extra skill points go in fabrication, tailoring, mechanics, and cooking. Put some skill points in tailoring, melee, and piercing weapons.
I'd suggest a survivalist, they have good skills and starting equipment. Night vision trait is very important, I'd say robust genetics was too but it only helps if you live long enough to mutate. I also recommend using the stats through skills mod, that way you don't need to spend any points on stats and can use all your points on profession, traits, and skills (mostly skills). Are you using the newest experimental builds or the massively outdated stable version? The newest builds of the game have added an option to reduce the speed and HP of enemies so i'd recommend knocking monster speed down a bit to make them easier to run from.
