So you're feeling like stuttering is holding you back from moving up in the company to more senior / leadership positions? Or like getting promotions? Do I have this correct? I'm also in tech, comp sys grad, B.Eng. Like what, you want to be a tech / team lead in your company or become a senior dev and you feel like your manager or boss doesn't view you as a likely candidate for a promotion into a more leadership role with better pay? I think more practical solutions would help instead of just mediating / enjoying music since this is affecting your lively hood and career. It's either you improve your speech through constant daily practice, finding something that work or you change something about your career / workplace environment. Maybe you need to have a sit down with your manager and discuss / communicate that you're interested in moving up in the company and ask for any tips or suggestion on what you can do to make a more likely candidate. Also you should disclose your stutter and speech challenges to your manager and make it known to him. See how he reacts and if he takes it seriously, if not it's probably best you look to make your way out and find a team with a better workplace culture. You can also think of changing jobs and switching to ones that pay more for the same job title or switch to a more specialized role with better pay. Im not sure what kind of salary bump your looking for, but I'm guessing you want to break into 100k+. Depending on how much job experience you have, making the jump to another company offering better pay for your position is doable. Or like if you're a front-end dev, you can upskill and move to a full stack position, or you can strictly specialize in back-end dev and make good money there. Maybe even move into a different tech space like Big Data or mainframe JCL/ COBOL programming.