Usually it's better to get 2 awesome skills at a particular threshold (10 being the most common but 4 and 7 being pretty common too) then get an "okay" skill at 9, then have to choose which of 2 awesome skills to get at 10 and which at 11. Usually it's better to get the 2x awesome at 10 and then the okay skill at 11 then okay at 9, one awesome at 10 and second awesome at 11.