Hey, I know exactly how you feel. I also work in IT and am now a Senior CyberSecurity Solutions Architect. A lot of people across the business come to me for solution advice etc... My rise to this position was a real struggle over the years, and yes, it requires a lot of talking and meetings, but you know what, the more you begin to accept it, the better your fluency and confidence gets. It'll never go away 100% so don't keep beating yourself up over it. Do your best. Know your subject matter. Breathe and take your time. If you stutter / block, who cares!? It's not the end of the world. Stop and compose yourself, deep breathe and start again. For job interviews, let them know you stutter beforehand. It helps a lot. I have found taking daily vitamin B1 Thiamine + Magnesium + L-theanine helps me a great deal. Takes the edge off the anxiety too. It might help you. 🙏🏼 Most of the time it's in our heads how people will react to our stutter. I spoke openly about it to my boss in a 1on1, and he said if I hadn't mentioned it, he wouldn't have noticed. He said he thought I was just thinking more about what I was going to say. LOL. P.S: A management role is the next logical step for me too, but I'm happy remaining technical, designing solutions than managing people. Does not interest me one bit, plus there's significantly more talking required as a manager, so I'd rather not put myself in such stressful situations on a daily basis to be honest. 🙄