Your taru was THE trooper and leader of all things including death! ....and so am i! XD

I leveled White Mage first on my Tarutaru for other reasons not involving stat/racial traits, but my second job was a Paladin just like Omecle and i think i am doing fine. A few of my friends say that i am a good PLD and go out of my way to do a better job than most other PLDs out there despite me getting one shot here and there and hovering over red HP :x

I do have gear to cover up my shortcommings however and honestly as long as you have the skill and the knowledge of getting certain key parts of gear, you should do fine as whatever job, whatever the race.