i dj for about 8 months, i can beatmatch quite properly, sure there are some trainwrecks in my mixes, but now i usually got small (rarely over 0.5 sec) drifts...
appart from that i feel that i could improve my eq skills, they doesn't suck completly but i know that my mixes could sound better, but it's hard for me as long as i got crappy numark dm950 with 2 point equalization... gotta find summer job and get rid of this shit

so as i said, playing 8 months i still long way to call myself good

been mixing for just over 2 years, and would say that i'm good enough to play out. Of course i'm still learning all the time, if anyone says that they're not still learning, they're lying i'm afraid

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Well for me, once I got my decks. Took me about a week to realize I had my tonearm setup incorrectly (having needles boucne everywhere was fun, haha). Then after that, took me 6 weeks to get beatmatching down. Im still trying to better eq/blend in my tracks together, but I believe I'll get there.

Only reason I was able to pick this up quite quickly, was all thanks to a program that I was goofing around on called virtual turntables about 5 years ago. The interface was exactly like one of those dual deck cdj players. Standard mixer, and no auto bpm that beatmatches for you.

Now maybe after 1 year of experience behind me, I will start handing out demo cds, and try getting a gig, until then, I'm enjoying myself everyday I turn on that On/off dial.

it's been close to two years. beatmatching is no problem, just still working on creativity and different ways of eq'ing..