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Meet, then take meeting with your family in the background and internet infrastructure that blows.
by jethro_tell 5y ago
Meet, then take meeting with your family in the background and internet infrastructure that blows.
- nine_k 5y agoPeople usually understand circumstances like these. Also, if that interview is really important to you, talk to the family. Move your seat. Talk from a coworking space, or from a park or similar public place provided that you have a headset; I did talk form a park, worked well. To say nothing of these neat features of Zoom, Meet, etc that allow to put a virtual background, given enough CPU power.
- ido 5y agoWould you have coworking spaces and Wi-Fi in the park (or indeed a park) in non-major cities in Nigeria (the country the article is talking about)?
- WalterBright 5y ago> with your family in the background Many conferencing programs allow you to set the background. Use a photo of a bookshelf and you're good to go!
- dredmorbius 5y agoGiven two scenarios: A: An affluent individual with a dedicated home working space, high-speed and reliable broadband provider, and high-quality computer, video, and audio gear B: A poor individual in a multigenerational household sharing working space with other household members on an ongoing basis and connectivity over flaky mobile service using a cheap Android device. Which do you suppose might have an inherent advantage? Would an on-prem working arrangement with employer-provided workspace, networking, and computing equipment increase or decrease any such advantage?
- WalterBright 5y agoI was responding to: "your family in the background" It's an easily resolved problem. I do it myself, as my office is a mess. I've used a photo of a bookshelf, too :-) I've also had many business zoom meetings with people with their kid in their lap, or their pets demanding attention, etc. It's not a problem.
- dredmorbius 5y agoWhat you responded to is a small subset of the original framing: "Remote work requires an investment in space and equipment that can be quite expensive." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29698736 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29698736
- WalterBright 5y agoI quoted what I was responding to. That's why I quoted it. It's the point of quoting. And my response was clearly to what I quoted.
- dredmorbius 5y agoBe that as it is, it remains a minimisation of a rather larger and more complex problem, and a minimisation which largely begins with your own contribution to this thread. Which you still seem to be striving to neither acknowledge nor address.
- WalterBright 5y agoI'll address what I please.
- dredmorbius 5y agoAnd I'll note what is or isn't addressed. As I please.