I was a transactional lawyer at a big law firm - worked in my office many many hours reading and writing long agreements. I successfully avoided most face to face negotiations and could “pass” during telephone negotiations. I taught English in Japan after college where I surreptitiously developed the tricks to pass as fluent, from my Japanese students who couldn’t tell. All that said, I developed quite an avoidant complex by “passing as fluent”. On the one hand, I married, had kids and retired early; on the other hand I have chronic anxiety. I think it’s kind of witless and annoying to say “don’t worry about your stutter and don’t let it define you”, but I’m not sure they are wrong. If you can manage that approach I say do that, and not what I did.