What is your job???

[Thomas]

i would like to interest about YOUR job who are here in this forum
What is your job?

I woud like to be enginer!i dont know can i be enginer a little stutering? cause sometimes i can say out some words therefore i avoid them, but my speech usualy fluency, but sometimes not, it depends on the stress and my audition.

Pls write about your work some sentences!

thx
T

[Box of Clocks]

I'm a window cleaner. Sometimes it can be difficult talking to the customers but I think it is probably a good thing as it pushes me out of my comfort zone a little bit.

[nerrad]

I like this thread. I'd like to hear about peoples jobs too because I have this huge fear that I'm going to go to college, and be under too much stuttering pressure, drop out, and become a bumb living at home. I want to be an Architect but... I don't know if it's a realistic idea. My second choice and some type of biologist. Perferably a genetic engineer.

[Rich]

i would like to interest about YOUR job who are here in this forum
What is your job?

I woud like to be enginer!i dont know can i be enginer a little stutering? cause sometimes i can say out some words therefore i avoid them, but my speech usualy fluency, but sometimes not, it depends on the stress and my audition.

Pls write about your work some sentences!

thx
T
I am a scientist. I do research in a company on plant biology.
You can do whatever you want and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Just set your mind to it and do it.

[chrish15]

I am an accountant, been working since I got out of college for the same company the past 2.5 years. I meet with clients on a regular basis, and do get stumbled up sometimes, its all good though. My boss wants me to manage a location in the future so that will be a challenge.

[stewartburn]

I'm a news/sports reporter for a local newspaper. I have to use the phone and interview people every single day. Sometimes I feel it's a cruel fate that my best mental skill--writing and editing--is tied to my worst physical attribute. But if it doesn't kill you, who cares? I'll stutter for a minute saying my name and asking one question on the phone--if you hang up, I'll call you back. I don't make it my problem--it's the other person who has to deal with it. I'll repeat and explain myself as many times as someone needs to understand me. Not my problem. Theirs.

[Thomas]

and your boss havent got any problem with your speech?...
sorry but usualy the journalist has got very good communication skill... in speech as well?


is it not problem at your company?

this is only a question...i am interest in this..

[Slider]

I'm a news/sports reporter for a local newspaper. I have to use the phone and interview people every single day. Sometimes I feel it's a cruel fate that my best mental skill--writing and editing--is tied to my worst physical attribute. But if it doesn't kill you, who cares? I'll stutter for a minute saying my name and asking one question on the phone--if you hang up, I'll call you back. I don't make it my problem--it's the other person who has to deal with it. I'll repeat and explain myself as many times as someone needs to understand me. Not my problem. Theirs.

Rock on. I'm in the exact same position--a writer and editor who grapples with the irony that my best gift is language, yet some days I can't speak to save my life. Good to see you making it your own.

[troutbum]

i'm dental lab technician department manager. i'm on the phone often and just tell people to be patient as i am a PWS. not a big deal to most, including my co workers and my boss.

[skyblue]

I'm a news/sports reporter for a local newspaper. I have to use the phone and interview people every single day. Sometimes I feel it's a cruel fate that my best mental skill--writing and editing--is tied to my worst physical attribute. But if it doesn't kill you, who cares? I'll stutter for a minute saying my name and asking one question on the phone--if you hang up, I'll call you back. I don't make it my problem--it's the other person who has to deal with it. I'll repeat and explain myself as many times as someone needs to understand me. Not my problem. Theirs.

Wow. I admire your confidence.

I am a software developer. I can go a whole day without talking to anyone :-D so that's good!

[stewartburn]

and your boss havent got any problem with your speech?...
sorry but usualy the journalist has got very good communication skill... in speech as well?


is it not problem at your company?

this is only a question...i am interest in this..

I let them know that my speech is my only concern when they were inquiring about hiring me. I was very clear about that so if they chose to hire me it wouldn't come as a surprise to them.

The only person it's been a problem to is me--and that's just in terms of stress. As you can imagine, I stress like crazy over phone calls and approaching people. But it's part of the job, and I'm more concerned with doing the best job I can than my troubles with speech.

It can be embarrassing when I have to make phone interviews in the office and various other people can hear my entire conversation. But stuttering is like having a limp or something--no one treats you like you're mentally handicapped. They respect that you have this problem and don't really think about it.

I think a common problem for stutterers is getting over the feeling that people think you're mentally handicapped. I know I sound like I have a handicap when I speak sometimes. But most people see it for what it is, and as I said, it's like being in a wheelchair or something. Your brain is just as good and you're just as smart as everyone else. You just have a physical impediment.

And word up, Slider! I'd like to transition to more of an editing role in the future, but right now I need this critical experience and it happens to be in more of a reporting form.

Skyblue, I don't think I come off as that confident a guy. But I think of myself very highly, as everyone should, and I think to myself that I'm just as smart if not more so than the people around me, so why can't I do this job? This job is child's play in comparison to dealing with a stutter.

I've quit a lot of things in my life due to my stutter--classes in school, aspects of my social life. But I've learned that my stutter will always be with me and always be just as hard on me no matter where I am or what job I'm in. I did not want to go down as a quitter this time. I decided I would fight this job through until I succeed and get over it/move on or they fire me. But I won't quit. Just like trying to say a word--don't quit. You can stand there trying to say it for the rest of your life until you drop dead from starvation, but just don't quit.

[WhiteLatinoBoy]

right now i work the drive thru at a burger king. i've been doing it for over two years and i rarely come across any problems. im the most fluent at work which is reallyyy weird. i believe its because when i do drive thru i dont look at the customer which helps me so i focus more. and plus i repeat the same phrases like "can i take your order," "is that small medium or large?" i get stuff with the word medium by itself but when its in a phrase like that i flow right through it.

[MariaGostrey]

I like this thread. I'd like to hear about peoples jobs too because I have this huge fear that I'm going to go to college, and be under too much stuttering pressure, drop out, and become a bumb living at home. I want to be an Architect but... I don't know if it's a realistic idea. My second choice and some type of biologist. Perferably a genetic engineer.

In my experience, college is a good place for a stutterer. There are so many ways to prove yourself that don't involve speaking. Talk to the disabilities office to insure yourself against any unfair responses to your speech, explain your problem to your professors, and then show them that you are a passionate and engaged student through written work and tests.

[jreames]

I work in corporate accounting at a bank. I don't really ever have to speak to customers, but I have to speak a lot to fellow workers to get projects and reports finished. I'd say I have a mild to severe stutter, and I do tend to avoid certain words or syllables that I have hard time saying. The most difficult part of the job to me is the weekly meetings with my boss to go over project updates and things like that. But, while I do stutter and have a hard time speaking, my work is top notch so it makes up for it.

[grantM]

I work as a university lecturer in multimedia related areas

[silviaspain]

Sorry but my english isn't very good, but I hope all can understand me,
I'm working un pharmaceutical factory, I've difficult when I 've to call persons.
All my mates understand my problem and accep me well.

Don't be afraid with choose your job because in all jobs had to speak, telephone etc.

Regards from spain.

silvia

[thatCALIdude]

I'm a window cleaner. Sometimes it can be difficult talking to the customers but I think it is probably a good thing as it pushes me out of my comfort zone a little bit.

like for skyscrapers?:eek:

[Jcows]

I'm an occupational therapist... I have my own patients which obviously requires you to talk most of the day.. You can't let stuttering stop you, if you do, you'll fall further and further into a hole you don't want to be in

[Branden]

I'm a police officer. Everyday I am placed outside my comfort zone and interact with various strangers, which is also a positive challenge for my mild stutter. I've tried speecheasy (epic fail) and am looking at anxiety and muscle relaxer meds.

[tanders]

I work with children with behavioral problems. Working one-on-one gives me good experience with speaking. Now, I am getting certified to be a teacher. I'm sure that this will bring its own difficulties, but surprisingly, I am looking forward to it.

[mikeyvd]

I work as a pastor, my job includes many different aspects that involve speaking. From preaching, counseling, to meeting with new people. For the most part when I preach, I do not stutter however, when it is more of the 1 on 1 I do, yet I just keep pressing through and do my job.

[Sparkle]

I have a bachelor of science in Psychology from the University at buffalo and now i am going for a second degree in nursing because I want to become an RN and maybe after a couple of years of working as an RN I will go back to school and get another degree in nurse anesthetic. During the summer, i was working at a movie theater as a concession/box office and some days i stuttered a lot and others my stuttering was mild but my manager didnt care and she didnt treated me any difference, i can say that I was one of her favorite, best workers because I am very hard working. I would consider myself a severe stutterer because i tend to get nervous in social situations which i am working on before I get my RN license. You can be whatever you wants to be, I am starting to accept myself for who I am. I can not make my stuttering go away and my friends and boyfriend dont care that I stutter and they do not treat me any difference but not everybody is the same. You will always meet people who are not as understanding or as passion but thats what makes us human.....LOVE YOURSELF BECAUSE HOW CAN YOU LOVE SOMEONE ELSE IF YOU DONT KNOW HOW TO LOVE YOURSELF AND BE COMFORTABLE WHITH WHO YOU ARE.....Gluck to you and dont let any teachers or students break your spirit or lower your self-esteem.