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Last paragraph is my main point. (er, 2nd to last I guess) I love this comment, but also kinda hate it. I read a lot of your other responses to these replies and the conversations going on and I agr...

I am a teacher and at the start of every semester I tell all my students at the start of the first class that I stutter and end up stuttering through my own introductions. As long as you're honest and...

professor here ... ​ I've found it helpful to simply address it as nonchalantly as possible. It hasn't really been an issue for me in any of the course I've taught. I've even joked about...

When it comes to things that are necessary in life ie. Job interviews, communicating in my job, etc it doesn't matter how awkward and terrible I feel because I see those as things I have to do. Yes, I...

Not as much experience as some of the other folks here, but I TA'd years ago and I have also had to give a number of big research talks in front of large groups. You get a lot better at it just with d...

I don't stutter but my father, brother, and son do. I've been a prof for a long time and echoing claypigeon-alleg I find I'm using really different parts of my brain when teaching than being ordinary ...

I've taught high school for 20 years. It's way past my bedtime, but the short pep talk is 1. Yes, you can (maybe :) ) 2. Open day 1 with "I stutter, and this is what you do if I get stuck" 3. There a...

I have been a professor for the last 14 years and before that I was a TA/RA for three years while completing my PhD. I also stuttered terribly for the first 20 some years of my life. It was very diffi...

Any professors or TAs here?

Any professors or TAs here? I'm considering TAing next semester and the only thing preventing me from doing it is my stutter. I know the course material extremely well and I have several friends that ...

:( I took online classes my first 4 semesters because I just couldn't do it. Too anxious. I knew it would all be a disaster. I eventually felt more comfortable with my stutter and and now take all c...

Went back to school to study computer engineering and physics. Working part time in software at the school. Before that, worked as a software developer for several companies for years....

I'm a student majoring in computer science. I stock shelves at a grocery store. Don't have to talk too much, but I have to help random customers often....

Entrepreneur. I have my own company... a lot of talking is involved as client-relations and employee-relations are a big part of what we do...

Advertising creative/copywriter. A lot of presenting involved but we work in pairs so I have an art director to lean on for that stuff....

My plan is to be a service electrician, and by that you're mostly working inside peoples homes, and that also includes planning stuff out with the customer, explaining why you can't do some things, gi...

Digital marketer aka writer. My first job was a cashier and I worked retail in college. It def improved my fluency and confidence....

Network security. My current role has me interacting with customers over the phone quite often. Sometimes it sucks, but it pays well, and I feel better facing it head on like this. ...

I work with horses. Animals don't care if you stutter. ...

Worked in newspapers for 6-7 years and coming up on a year as editor in chief of a magazine. Great career change. Tons of talking in my field. Lots of interviews. It was the gauntlet I needed to get...

I'm starting out as a federal agent. I just graduated from the academy and I start work soon. We will see how it goes. Most of my scenario based training was fine. My commands to tell people to get on...