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Eye Contact Correction: Redirecting the eyes to look at the camera

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164 points thunderbong | 1 comments | 16 Oct 24 01:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.249s | source
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Arch-TK ◴[16 Oct 24 14:37 UTC] No.41859538[source]▶
What is the modern obsession with video calls?

I have been working for a company which allowed full remote work without any qualms since before COVID and nobody did video calls back then. Since we end up on site in secure environments we also just get told to disable the camera in the BIOS as part of our laptop hardening.

For things like bi-annual meetings with your manager you would go into your local office.

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1. EasyMark ◴[16 Oct 24 22:11 UTC] No.41864346[source]▶
It’s bizarre, I recently had an interview where the 2 people before and myself just did voice + coderpad over teams, no video. Then the next person, also with no video requested I open up my camera, I politely asked that they do the same if were to do it and they refused, so I refused. They said the interview was over. I was like fine, have a nice day to their very rude ending of the interview. It’s strange how people expect to have all the power (or video?)in these situations. The hiring manager called me later and got my side, then apologized and asked if we could set up the 3rd interview with another team member, but I politely declined and went on about my day.