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I’ll offer my own take - there’s nothing more guaranteed to unfairly reduce your influence as a remote employee than crappy audio and to a slightly lesser exten

I’ll offer my own take - there’s nothing more guaranteed to unfairly reduce your influence as a remote employee than crappy audio and to a slightly lesser extent, crappy video. Do it for yourself.

prepend 2y ago
I do feel bad for people with genuine technical issues and bad equipment but I feel a bias against tech workers who perpetually have broken cameras and mics that don’t work.
valiant55 2y ago
100% agree. I can't stand to interact with some people who have desk mics with a noisy pet. Just fork over 50-100 USD for a decent headset.
brailsafe 2y ago
> there’s nothing more guaranteed to unfairly reduce your influence as a remote employee than crappy audio and to a slightly lesser extent, crappy video What about being neurodivergent in a way that people who find themselves in management have no clue about? Seems like equipment investment may be one of the most fair playing field levelers if a lack of it is your only setback.
piyuv 2y ago
You’re right, but native MacBook Pro cam and mics are plenty enough
- runjake 2y ago
  And if you want a big jump in video quality from there, use your iPhone’s Continuity Camera feature as the webcam. https://support.apple.com/en-us/102546 https://support.apple.com/en-us/102546
FireBeyond 2y ago
I am someone who is a photographer on the side with $X0,000 of gear. I've also even experimented with a DSLR and prime lens as my webcam of choice (with the EOS Webcam utility). But now? Logitech MX Brio or something like the Dell Pro Webcam. I use the Brio and a Yeti X microphone. Crystal clear audio and video. 4K video is overkill for remote work, though the downsampling helps. I don't believe any of the major meeting software will even share your video at 1080p (or if it does, only by tweaking multiple switches AND by your counterparties having both the bandwidth and similarly tweaked switches). There's investment, and then there's overkill, which even as someone with GAS (gear acquisition syndrome) I see here.
ianburrell 2y ago
There is a giant gulf between crappy video and expensive super nice camera. You can get a good webcam for couple hundred. Or you can get entry level mirrorless for $500. A lot of cameras support webcam mode for direct cable. The cameras are smaller, which makes easier to mount. It is a waste to use nice full frame camera as a webcam. It should be out taking photos.

prepend 2y ago

I do feel bad for people with genuine technical issues and bad equipment but I feel a bias against tech workers who perpetually have broken cameras and mics that don’t work.

valiant55 2y ago

100% agree. I can't stand to interact with some people who have desk mics with a noisy pet. Just fork over 50-100 USD for a decent headset.

brailsafe 2y ago

> there’s nothing more guaranteed to unfairly reduce your influence as a remote employee than crappy audio and to a slightly lesser extent, crappy video What about being neurodivergent in a way that people who find themselves in management have no clue about? Seems like equipment investment may be one of the most fair playing field levelers if a lack of it is your only setback.

piyuv 2y ago

You’re right, but native MacBook Pro cam and mics are plenty enough

runjake 2y ago
And if you want a big jump in video quality from there, use your iPhone’s Continuity Camera feature as the webcam. https://support.apple.com/en-us/102546 https://support.apple.com/en-us/102546

FireBeyond 2y ago

I am someone who is a photographer on the side with $X0,000 of gear. I've also even experimented with a DSLR and prime lens as my webcam of choice (with the EOS Webcam utility). But now? Logitech MX Brio or something like the Dell Pro Webcam. I use the Brio and a Yeti X microphone. Crystal clear audio and video. 4K video is overkill for remote work, though the downsampling helps. I don't believe any of the major meeting software will even share your video at 1080p (or if it does, only by tweaking multiple switches AND by your counterparties having both the bandwidth and similarly tweaked switches). There's investment, and then there's overkill, which even as someone with GAS (gear acquisition syndrome) I see here.

ianburrell 2y ago

There is a giant gulf between crappy video and expensive super nice camera. You can get a good webcam for couple hundred. Or you can get entry level mirrorless for $500. A lot of cameras support webcam mode for direct cable. The cameras are smaller, which makes easier to mount. It is a waste to use nice full frame camera as a webcam. It should be out taking photos.