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Im working on a security detail and boy, the radios, the damn radios. The lump in the throat before clicking the push to talk, the feeling of everything slowing down, just to say one or two words… It’...

Hi! I have a similar type of stutter, one where specific syllables get stuck in my throat and the more I try to force them out, the worse the block is. You need to have both, basically. All the tech...

I could never work anywhere directly with customers, even though my stutter is mild. You all are amazing! I studied computer science to avoid speaking at work, and all my job titles were related to pr...

Desensitization, technique, or both?

Desensitization, technique, or both? I’ve more or less figured out what type of stuttering I have — it’s a block-type stutter. But more importantly, I’ve realized that I’m afraid of stuttering while t...

I live life on a high difficulty by working drive-thru at my work and hope to god I have good speech days lol...

The whole job application process (application form, resumé submission, formal interview, etc) is all about weeding out candidates to find “the one we want to hire.” Disclosing on the application migh...

In a project management role wherein I need to talk to various stakeholders and vendors, eevryday, somedays with little less, somedays with a lot worse stuttering...

Revealing it on the hiring process is definitely a good to go idea. Selecting you on your intellectual ability and skills would be the choice of the recruiter. We can count on how many recruiters ar...

Currently I’m a server / bartender, which has actually taught me so much with me speech. It’s an interesting experience working with so much of the public with a speech impediment, but I hope to becom...

Electrical Engineer. I talk A LOT. It was scary coming out of college, but it's really helped me overall to the point where it doesn't bother me....

I'm a psychiatrist. Lots of talking all day long... It can be exhausting sometimes but I do find the work genuinely interesting and rewarding. I especially like working with kids with social anxiety d...

Supervisor at a fuel farm for an airport. I need to talk to people all day which is scary but I love the job....

Middle school teacher teaching science. I’m open with the kids about my stuttering....

Actually you are pathetic and negative for bringing others down that are trying to help. I’ve been there done that. I’ve experienced everything that comes with stuttering. I used to have a severe stu...

Project manager that gives presentations, lead meetings every day every week. Trying to convince myself nobody gives us a shit if I fall on some words and whatever embarrassment or judgment I think is...

Scrolling through these posts I'm like "so many badass jobs!" - I love seeing fellow stutterers succeeding in their chosen fields. We got this :) I'm an archivist, so there's a good deal of quiet wo...

Account Manager for a large-scale commercial flooring installs company. I am on the phone waaayyyy more than I was initially comfortable with (talking on the phone is so much harder for me than face t...

I would say in your daily interaction with strangers you don't have to mention it, but I think in a job interview I should explain it first because I guess surely he will ask about it...

I’m an archivist. Lots of research and independent work, so I don’t have to constantly interact with people, but I do have a lot of meetings and I work with patrons who I come in for research....

Probably wouldn't mention it until I actually stutter. Then Id probably casually disclose I have a stutter and keep moving on...