postr/StutterAugust 12, 2022

Any stutters here make 100k+ a year that can guide/offer some career advice?

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Any stutters here make 100k+ a year that can guide/offer some career advice? I don't want my stutter to hold me back career wise and I think that is the biggest issue I have been dealing with. The west is getting more expensive and salaries just aren't budging. It's also beyond frustrating to get rejected from job opportunities because my stutter usually translates to lack of confidence for recruiters that expect someone with exceptional communication skills and ability to translate complex ideas through seamless articulation. I always make it transparent before interviews that I stutter, but it seems like I haven't found my niche where people take me seriously for being a subject matter expert over a person that stutters. I have a background in business and project management, but I can't seem to push past the associate level. I want to take my career to the next stage and unfortunately in the path I am in now (project management) this requires you to be someone that is in meetings all day with clients and/or either giving presentations to executives. Large companies box me in and make me feel like I am fit for neither, so I want to find a career where my speech/fluency isn't what to takes me to the next level - rather my experience/subject experience can speak for itself. I think I'm far too deep to learn coding and compete with young blood at this point in development roles so I appreciate not receiving coding/development as a suggestion. **TLDR;** As a stutter person who stutters in their late 20s, what's a good career path to pivot to from Project Management to earn 100k+ a year with continuous growth potential/opportunities?(Currently stuck at the associate level making 70k and I don't see my current path going any further than that). Thanks in advance.

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School & WorkEmotional Experience

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Employment & CareerHelplessness & Agency