Bartending

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I'm graduating in May and will be living at home for the summer, but want to move down south by September or October. I don't want to look for a "real" job just for the summer since I plan on moving, and that isn't fair to my employer. I've considered bartending at school for about a year now, but I've always had one excuse or another not to do it. The thing is, I want to bartend at home over the summer and the places I'd want to bartend (college clubs/bars, not restaurants), I'm pretty sure I'd need experience before they'd hire me. I wouldn't mind bartending my second semester, and I think it wouldn't be too difficult to get a job at one of the college bars- and the majority of the time, they train you. The thing that worries me though is that I have several friends who have bartended at these places for a couple years now, and they all told me the same thing: they were basically thrown into the job and just kinda "picked it up", no formal training really. I'm worried that at a busy college bar where everyone is drunk and impatiently waiting for drinks, the pressure is going to get to me when I'm new and still unsure of exactly what I'm doing. Does anyone have any advice on how easy bartending is to pick up, or basically just ANYTHING related to bartending in general? It's something I've been giving some serious thought to so any opinions are appreciated!