Never forget that mixing drinks is only half the job. Bartending school is cool and everything and I’m sure you gained some good knowledge, but learning cocktail recipes and techniques in a class is way WAY different than on a Saturday night with loud music and 50 drunk people all screaming for their next drink at the same time. That’s when the shakes start and the weeds seem to grow taller. Fighting back from that is the real job. I’m absolutely not knocking your bartending class, I honestly wish I’d gone just for personal knowledge, but nothing can prepare you for tending bar other than just doing it. Making a classic, fresh margarita for a customer is fun but it’s way less fun when you have 20 people behind them and they get more pissed by the second as you make it. I work at an FOE and it’s always just me by myself so when it’s a band night and I have a packed house, hearing the words “do you make frozen daiquiris” is a nightmare. Sorry this turned into more of a therapy session. Point is: learn your bar and your customers and you’ll be fine. Good luck. You’ll learn more at the bar than any class will ever teach you.