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NotThamesWater
Ha. I'm heavy into the Elgato stuff (Key light, Wave 1 mic, Stream Deck mini) but it makes a huge difference.
Previous job was audio only. I worked with one colleague for over 10 years and the only visual of him was a photo that was obviously taken years before then (as it was never updated). I never ever saw him as a moving image and I worked with him for 10+ years. My boss of 4 years (!?!) I only ever saw a moving image of him on a "surprise" Zoom call in my last week. Never met either of them in person either (all three of us were on different continents).
New place and video calls are the absolute default, and the difference is amazing. The only time I ever turn my camera off is when it's a presentation type call with 20+ people on it and I won't be saying a word at all. If I have any conversation with a colleague that gets past 5 back-and-forths on Slack it more than likely moves to a video call and that really does work well.
I aspire to not being unmemorable.
(That's slightly different to being memorable for the wrong reasons...)