Yes! Keep working! You can do it! As far as establishing my career, I thought I wanted to be a novelist but I had a three month old so I needed something more stable. Luckily my degree (journalism and English) translated to marketing, so I was able to pick up a job at a nonprofit doing marketing. I distinctly remember saying in the interview “I just want to be upfront, I have a stutter.” And the interviewer said “I don’t think that will be a problem. I just thought you were nervous.” So I think in a lot of cases it helps to be upfront about it. I’ve had two other jobs since then, and I’m generally happy with my career. My biggest complaint is I know I’m very competent at my job but because it’s nonprofit work I don’t get paid what I’m worth. But day-to-day it’s not bad. The other advice I can give you is to never stop learning. I’ve taught myself photography and videography and graphic design and used a lot of online resources to keep learning and growing. I’d suggest getting LinkedIn Learning if you can. They have a lot of trainings about soft skills like leadership, navigating imposter syndrome (that feeling that you’re not good at your job and you’re waiting for someone to find out you’re a fraud), building resilience, emotional intelligence, on top of things like writing, marketing, and pretty much anything a professional might need to learn more about. If that’s not in the cards right now, there are a ton of free resources out there. I’ve learned that so much of the impact a stutter has really is brought on by ourselves. We worry so much about what other people think of us when in reality most people are busy with their own lives and don’t really care. They just want to know what you have to say and what kind of work you can do (at least in the professional realm.) Having a stutter almost creates its own layer of anxiety that is useless to hang on to (although it’s hard to get rid of). Self-confidence is key and is a hard thing to have. I only just recently started feeling more confident and aware that I’m good at my job and a good person and something like a stutter will not hold me back because I refuse to let it. I don’t really have a choice to stutter or not but I do have a choice in the impact it has on my life, and I choose to not let it be a controlling factor when I know what I’m capable of.