Mostly agree, except for the first paragraph: "[...] no one will care if you have a PhD in math, mechanical engineering, Egyptology, or any other subject, or no PhD at all. The only thing that will matter is how good your work is." On the off chance that you actually believe this, I think you are far too confident in the honesty of peer review in practice.

@RyanReich Realistically, you can't expect a reward for something like this.

Good post. But honestly, who makes fun of people who stutter? Calling people on any sort of real disability is a massive social pariah. I don't even remember the low-income bully thugs in elementary school doing this sort of thing.

One of my professors right now has a stutter but is nonetheless a fantastic verbal communicator (and lecturer). He is clearly productive. The case may be different with you, but my prof demonstrates that for some people its just another thing that can be worked past.