Its funny that you say man because it is definitely different for men than women to get a bartending job. In my experience, men need to be more prepared than women in this business. A bar manager is more likely to hire a beautiful woman than a man if they are equally qualified. I know Ive been passed over. But its the nature of the business. There are a lot of bars that wont even hire a guy in a bartending role. Ive also known bars that, with all things being equal, the man would have to bar-back for a certain period of time before being allowed to bartend, but the woman can just step into being a bartender. Its a reverse discrimination business.