Look, I have a bad stutter (blocks). I’ve had many nights where I cried myself to sleep cause of how many opportunities I didn’t take cause of my stutter. However I never tried to let that affect my career. When I was in high school I worked in retail sales where I had to talk to customers all day. Did I stutter? Yes. Was it rewarding and gave me a confidence boost talking to different people all day? Definitely yes. Later during college I joined the military reserves. I stuttered all throughout basic training, got called names and made fun of. Later during technical training, I became a student commander and held a student leadership position. I was basically the one who spoke to leadership and instructors and briefed a group of 100 airmen every day. I stuttered through the whole thing at first, but eventually I got enough confidence where I stuttered a lot less. Now I’m in my mid 20’s and work as a software engineer. Interviews were super rough. I spoke at a rate of 1 word per 3 seconds at one point. It was brutal. It was super humiliating and it absolutely destroyed my confidence. However I got through it and got a great job where I perform very well and I’m about to get my first promotion. My point is that while it may feel humiliating and embarrassing to stutter and you may feel like you’re a burden to everyone around you, you shouldn’t let that stunt your personal development.