My name is Zach. I'm 33 and I've been stuttering since I was 4 or 5. Like some of you, I had a speech therapist at a young age. The therapist, for me, essentially confirmed that I have a problem with fluency. My stutter was it's worst in high school. I did debate for a year and failed miserably at it. Research and speech writing ... Easy. Speaking off the cuff on a topic in front of judges and spectators ... Not as easy. I went to college, graduated and found a career. When I applied for the job, they were excited about my drive and my technical abilities but were worried about my speech. I was put on the night shift. Over the last ten years at this job, I've moved up in the company. Now that I work days like a normal person, I do field calls from vendors and the ods customer that is escalated to me. I've been lucky to have friends and coworkers that are understanding of my stutter. There's still the odd person that reacts poorly to my stutter, but it's gotten easier to just ignore the reaction. At the end of the day I'm still conscious of my stutter. I just don't let it dictate any part of how I live my life.