When did YOU feel comfortable in your abilities?
I'm gonna start this thread off with a mild disclaimer: Obviously any good dj doesn't feel they're "done" learning how to mix properly, nor is there a big old exit sign telling you to get off in 2 miles at the exit to "Club scene central." Just as there are people who tailored their music for years before ever getting the chance to play a show, there's people who got plunged into mixing live and had to learn very quickly how, and not always successfully.
What I want to know, is when did you start thinking yourself "I think it's time I put myself out there more." This is aimed at the peeps who've moved from being just a bedroom dj, to either doing a radioshow, gigs, weekly's, something of the sort. Was there a clicking moment? Did you still feel totally unprepared before your first "big show?" Do you think you waited too little or too long? Are you uncomfortable with the amount of times I used quotations in this post?
I wanna see how some DJTTers decided to hop into the circuit, although I don't have a similar story to share myself quite yet. >_>