Success in Comedy: The First Gig Challenge

The speaker and a colleague started as a comedy duo in university, where they performed two-man shows and loved it. After university, they tried stand-up comedy and found success in their first gig. It's a common experience for comedians that the first gig is great and the second one tends to be terrible, as overconfidence sets in. Despite challenging audiences or hecklers, the speaker enjoys such interactions and uses them to his advantage.