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It;s an established fact that people who stutter are more likely to stutter on longer words and words that have high "propositionalilty" (e.g., more meaning, ergo more specificity). You're battling tw...

A few things to note: 1. Can you take these calls in a private room? The anxiety of what others in the room think of you may be a part of it. 2. Change in jobs and life situation has always brough...

For me, my breaking point was at 21 when after university I could not get a job because I would completely panic, freeze and block at every interview and could not do a single phone interview at all....

Your manager knows you stutter, right? Also, did you ever try speech therapy?...

Employers are required to make reasonable accommodations for disabilities like stuttering. See this link: http://stutteringtreatment.org/the-americans-with-disabilities-act-what-it-means-to-people-w...

You can't control who you get on the phone (**more on this later), but could it be possible that out of everyone you work with/for, the person you cares most about your stutter is you? I don't know y...

I am suffering at work

I am suffering at work My stutter/block has gotten really bad lately. Ever since I've started this job (back in April 2017) I have noticed I am having a harder time with my speech that I didn't really...

I honestly wouldn't reccommend going into law enforcement with a stutter, police officers have to do a lot of communicating with other officers and people they deal with in day to day. You have to hav...

I wouldn't worry too much. Typically doing design, you are working as part of a team (unless you work for a really small engineering group) and it won't fall entirely on you to explain to a customer t...

Brother I dont know what to say to you because Im in similar situation, but I feel you about stuttering and finding a job, It's much harder than without it. I never worked anywhere just because of tha...

Thanks. How can one with no real life experience get a job? What is your experience with job finding and how you landed this job?...

I graduated with an Industrial Engineering degree about 20 years ago although I ended up in software development as a career. I don’t think my stutter has held me back too much. These days so much of ...

A manager is typically considered a leadership role, whether it is your responsible manager (who decides the programs you'll be on, manages your time, etc), or your project lead (who is directly respo...

Hi sir, could you elaborate more on your statement that you will have to work harder if you want leadership role.That's obvious but I mean what goes into that?...

If you are interviewing for a larger firm definitely bring up the fact that you have a stutter in the interview (as long as it’s not forced). Most large firms have very strict legal hiring policies a...

I assume from your handle that you’re a doctor? Hello there fellow physician. I’ve been stuttering since birth as well. My name is a real mouthful too especially on the phone. Sometimes while talking ...

I've been where you're at. What field were you thinking about getting into? It depends a lot of what you are planning on doing. In Aeronautics, for example, if you are planning on getting into design,...

So I've found, more often than not, places like big supermarkets/strip malls/multiplex type stores have supervisors that like to believe themselves as more important than everyone else in the room. It...

Edit: Just wanted to apologize for how long this is and might as well add a tldr. tl;dr: I love my stutter and just wish my sister would accept me for who I am. I have found my dream job without even ...

Hey, the cure IS speech therapy. It worked for me, but unfortunately it all resurfaced just once in an interview for the job I really really wanted. But I realized a biiiiig thing. The interviewees we...