How long to wait till my first comp?

White belt (obviously lol) been training consistently for 5 months. I do have MT/K1 experience so I have experience competing in other combat sports but currently I don’t feel that confident in my offense. I’m one of the smaller and less experienced guys in the gym and I rarely get to tap people, I just defend most often.

I’m only asking because I have quite a few training partners who recommend going straight in, saying that it’s about gaining experience, plus certain local comps don’t even matter that much.

My thinking is that there’s no point unless I become confident in my offense and get to do it consistently in the gym first, otherwise I’m never going to be able to pull it off in comp and win. Thoughts?