I worked harder in college (eventually) because of my stutter. Over compensated, overachieved is the term, I think. It helped a lot. Be practical about your education. Unless you are absolutely passionate about a certain field, go into a field that isn’t highly dependent on speech. Being a top-flight trial lawyer would be tough with a stutter, but there are less verbal-based positions in law. Still, that would be challenging. I picked geology, partly because I really liked it, it seemed practical with employment opportunities, and I thought I’d be dealing more with rocks and not people. That last part didn’t pan out as well as I had hoped. Verbal communication is key in most jobs (maybe not programming?) I still did very well, but my stutter was mild to moderate. A big challenge is getting over the emotional burden, the fear, the sense of helplessness when speaking, and the anger at the situation that gets internalized and generalized. In any case, work your butt off in college in studies you enjoy with at least some allowance for your stuttering and you should do well. I think overcompensating is important, though has its downsides (a person can get a bit intense.) Get some speech therapy tools that work for you. Try several. Get some help with the psychological burden. It seems like you have a bit of that with perspective, but more is better. I knew CEOs that stuttered. They had to be better than the others. Jack Welch at GE had a very pronounced stutter. Remember, you are not alone.