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Hey! You should really join our stuttering community - there's a link in my profile you can use to join for free. It's a stuttering community for professionals who stutter. We talk about interviewing and job searching while having a stutter all the time in the community. Not only do we share tips about interviewing, but more importantly, you can meet other like-minded people who stutter. Meeting other people who stutter (PWS) helps you build more acceptance in your speech. We represent only 1% of the population so we're constantly surrounded by people who speak differently than us which trains our brains in the wrong way. Before I launched this community three months ago, I was in deep isolation with my stutter. I didn't know many PWS and generally thought it was impossible to succeed with my stutter. This community has allowed me to meet and hear from other successful people who stutter - it's truly a mind-opening experience. Besides building acceptance and meeting other people who stutter, it's also important to know what you want to do professionally and not limit yourself because of your stutter. I'm 27 and am learning more and more about this every day. From the way you wrote your post, I wouldn't assume you're low intelligence at all - rather, I praise you for being so emotionally open and clear with your words. We can't limit ourselves because of our stutter - it's something we're born with. In our community, we talk a lot about disclosing your stutter and making people aware of it - this helps reduce our anxiety about constantly being fluent. I would argue that you have a very unique set of perspectives and experiences that would make you a great fit in any one of the roles you mentioned. Keep hustling - you got this. Everyone has vulnerabilities. Instead of looking at your stutter as a weakness, I challenge you to view it as a strength. As weird as it sounds, it's the much better path :)