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Same context, but I keep my camera on to help others do the same. I spent the last six months with an org that had a strong remote culture but held meeting on
by Fiahil 5y ago
Same context, but I keep my camera on to help others do the same. I spent the last six months with an org that had a strong remote culture but held meeting on phone conference call. So I've worked with some of my teammates long enough to hear their children but I never saw their face.
It really helps to connect with the person you are talking to when you see them when speaking.
My only exception is when I do large conferences where only the PM is speaking or when I'm doing something else and not listening. In that case cutting my camera is more polite.
- kodah 5y ago> It really helps to connect with the person you are talking to when you see them when speaking. I don't feel the same way. I connect with my colleagues fairly easily, video or not. I was also raised in a world with gaming and IRC, so having to pay better attention to tone and phrasing inferences is second nature to me.
- Fiahil 5y agoOne difference between meeting people in MMORPGs and IRC vs meeting people while working remotely is that you rarely had to pressure someone to do something in the first context. At work, you need to do a lot of -sometimes unpleasant- things to make people go in the same direction. You can think of it like preventing all deaths in your team of a 40vs40 battleground.