Is bartending school worth the cost?
I personally did not go to bartending school and honestly I learned everything I needed with experience. I started bartending at 19 in a dive bar and made an average of 200 a nite and with time I started creating drinks and shots on my own and eventually progressed to the point where I could bartend downtown, they only wanted ppl with experience and they taught me how to make all the drinks since they had special recipes. Now I know many ppl who have gone to bartending school and they could not find a job because of a lack of experience. The most important thing in bartending is working the crowd and knowing how to act as a bartender. Start at a corner bar and work your way up, I made more money at the dive because of regular customers and it was way more relaxed and fun. You can make up to 500 a nite at busy nightclubs but its not always the same and ppl can be very rude and ppl are more sleazy. Good luck!!
