NorCAL370Zed

Hello everyone. New to the forms and to owning a Z! The last Z I drove was my college buddies old school 1970s era Nissan Z. I recently became the proud owner of a new 2012 370z Sport. My question is about the Manual Transmission on my car. I have noticed that when shifting from 1st to 2nd its fairly difficult to make that transition smooth with the clutch. I have been trying various amounts of gas and clutch and its a challenge. I recently turned off the traction control and its a little better. 3rd -6th are fine and fairly smooth.
Am I still in the "breaking in process"? Admittedly, I have never owned a new car with a manual transmission. My previous vehicles, a 88 mustang and 2008 Subaru outback XT all had over 40k mileage when I bought them and shifted fine.

Anyone drive most all the time with the traction control off? Pretty annoying shutting it off every time I get in the car.

Thanks