Overview
- In a new appearance on Raj Shamani’s Figuring Out podcast, Deepinder Goyal spoke at length about how stammering still makes public conversations stressful.
- He said he has not addressed the entire company in a live all-hands for about 7–8 years and now conducts town-hall-style exchanges via Slack messages.
- Goyal recalled being bullied as a child for his skin tone, stammer, and poor grades, and said the deepest hurt was people stopping mid-sentence to stop listening.
- He noted that these experiences led him to limit interviews and podcasts because they are uncomfortable and mentally draining.
- Goyal added that he has grown calmer in recent years and feels he has made peace with his stammer, crediting family support and a belief that people now listen despite pauses.