That might apply in some cases but not all, for sure.
My dad was born and raised in "Noo Yawk" city and by his own admission sounded like a typical "Noo Yawker" until he was in his early 20s. After graduating from Columbia and landing a management job at a major international oil company, he realized that having *any* heavy US regionalized accent was a detriment in the corporate world - correct articulation was the way to go.
So, he taught himself to have no accent whatsoever and believes that helped him achieve career success. He retired as president of an international subsidiary of the same original oil company he started with.
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