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I am a life long stutterer and have spent my adult life working in IT. I have worked on mission critical infrastructures and took place in rolling out code. Both involve heavy communication with other employees, teams, and external clients/vendors. I think most of my early adult career was sabotaged by my ego. Not wanting to anyone know of my speech issue. Avoiding things, not taking initiative. I didn't want to be ridiculed or whatever. I dont know what happened but at some point I stopped giving a shit and not dancing around certain words or situations. What I can tell you is that make sure your skills are on point. That you are not lazy, you are on time, dependable, and knowledgeable. Everything else will fall into place. As far as the interview process. It never comes up. I dont mention it. I also dont mention that I am left handed, or that I have a mole on my stomach. Its all a part of me that does not hinder my performance. I also want to add without sounding like a salesman that I have been training martial arts the last 4 years of my life (Brazilian JiuJitsu and Judo) and I would be lying if I said it didnt have a huge confidence boost on my self esteem. Knowing that I can put an untrained opponent who out weights me by 25 pounds to sleep or what I can survive round after round of being launched in the air by a hip throw really did something for me. Competing, training, it all makes every other stressful situation seem like a walk in the park. Its not a cure but it gives you an improvment in confidence which for us as you know goes a long way