I feel you pain. It can be difficult at times, but I assure you that it's possible with hard work. To share a little with you, I was originally from a tiny town in the midwest and went to UCLA for school. Then, moved to NYC to work as a structural engineer (design mid to high rise buildings). I've been working for 6 years now. There were hard times definitely (New Yorkers aren't the friendliest bunch, and are quick to judge people), but as you grow older, you grow more confident and become less sensitive to what others think of you. In that sense, I feel less anxiety when i speak and have improved a lot. My stutter is intermittent. I would be really good for a couple weeks and gets really bad for the next few weeks. I feel it has to do with my confidence level. It cycles. I do avoid talking (send emails instead) when I do feel that i'm having a bad week. But overall, I'm really good at my job and expect to be promoted to a manager this year. BTW, I got married earlier this year too. I wouldn't say that having a stutter didn't affect me at all, but I'm saying people all have their own baggages (not good at school/work, lack critical thinking skill, bad temper, lack negotiation skill, bad personality) To conclude I'm like anyone else and you are too. I have things that I'm really good at and thing that I can improve on. But overall, you and I are just a regular, typical, normal human being p.s. When I was in high school, I felt life was hopeless and that I would just pretend to be mute and learn sign language. That was a really funny though thinking back to it now,