Is being a DJ hard?

Many people get into DJing and think it will be easy, but it's much harder than putting some songs on shuffle.

Many people get into DJing and think it will be easy, but it's much harder than putting some songs on shuffle. You have to think about your equipment, your music organization, building skills, reading an audience, setting everything up properly, networking to play different gigs and constantly working to keep the music mixed. Then comes the business/brand side of marketing and social media.