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Two things: 1) In your regular meetings (with team mates, with vendors, etc), always ask one or two questions early in the meeting. Two benefits: it makes you comfortable for the remainder of the me...

Thanks! I've been at this job for 8.5 years and the stutter started about 3 years ago, so it's been interesting to say the least. I pretty much come in to work everyday with anxiety, but I hate change...

I WFH in Albuquerque for a Los Angeles hospital and we have to do something similar. I regularly speak to an audience of 40 on Zoom. It sucks but, push yourself, and you'll make it through. However, d...

There is only so much restricted time you're given to keep on putting off something that you're going to have to end up doing anyways in the future. You should definitely let your manager know about y...

Yep it has affected my life but most importantly my self esteem . In fact I was having conversations with my colleague just now and out of nowhere I experienced one block , all I wanted to say the wor...

Am I doing right thing by not speaking in team huddle?

Am I doing right thing by not speaking in team huddle? Hi, I have been in my job (WFH) for last 6 month and my job doesn't require much talking with any one (occasionally with manager). And whenever t...

I get it. But it does really get results. We can't afford to look bummy. Can't get hung up on "looks shouldn't matter" or "it's not fair". Bottom line is all that counts and there are so many aspects ...

As far as actual job, starting out I did general skill factory and warehouse work. I then went back to school and got an engineering degree and now I travel and installing machines in factories. You h...

Push through it. It was harder when I was younger. Work hard enough to make up for communication short comings. It’s embarrassing, but I refuse to let it stop me. Work ethic is the most important thin...

I have been stuttering since when I was about 2 years old. I know what you feel. The engine of my whole life has always been "I have to demonstrate I am better than others". At school, in writted exam...

You will have to make up for your speech shortcoming with the rest of your presentation. Work on fixing everything you have actual control over. Weight, physique, how you dress, finances etc. I can te...

So yeah, you have described my whole life existence as well. I can tell you I am happily married with kids. The kids have all stuttered here and there as well. It hurts me. However, life is a stra...

Congratulations! I was a Security Engineer for many years too, and am now a Snr Security Architect. Keep aiming high! Don't let your stutter stop you from progressing. Well done!...

Well done, one thing I will tell you. Put your mental health first, try to get enough sleep and don't let other people at work put you down. I am just saying this from experience, of my first 'real' j...

Congrats! That’s wonderful to hear. Are you an accountant by any chance? Just curious since “big 4” is often used to describe the large public accounting firms....

Got my first job

Got my first job I got my first job in one of big 4 companies with a very good salary. After my masters degree I was trying for job from 4 months and I have stuttering from my childhood and naaw I am ...

Sorry for not replying, i was doing some papire work for new job, and I am moving to new city 😁 It was great I didn't stutterer at all myb a little bit on some words. And I was proud of myself. Thank...

I have a master's degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and when I wasn't being hired after bombing all those interviews, I asked myself, have I done everything that I can to secure that jo...

I'm holding a teaching degree and unemployed since last year when I graduated. Every institution I took interview with just rejects me. And SLP community says "you can do whatever you want with stutte...

I feel like if I didn’t have a stutter I could be friends with nearly everyone and move up in my job with no limits. It would be so nice...