Overheard at the LFGSS golf club bar

BTW... this stuff, I believe it's paid for itself (multiple times over). I probably dropped about £10k on my AV setup for work from home including the mic, audio equipment, lighting, desk, camera, lens, and controls... not including the beast of a computer itself. When I was with a customer last week, who pay us high millions per year, they even stated that they appreciate deeply the ability for me to come on the call, representing this one vendor, and the effectiveness of communication to bring a messy situation under control. Additionally I did all of this as I believe that transparent communication is the heart of a manager <> report relationship and builds trust, so I think it makes me more effective. My salary and package in the 3y since I went all in on this has greatly outpaced growth in salary measured at any other time in my career... during a time when the industry isn't growing salaries much. I do think I'm good at my job, but not to the extent of the what I've achieved... and honestly, I think that a home AV studio is to the work from home generation, as to what a wardrobe of tailored suits was to the late 1980s... it's status, it communicates, it's effective, and the psychology of it is so in the favour of those doing it that I think people are failing to invest in themselves if they aren't using it to their advantage... I want to physically shake the sales people and tell them to up their AV game... it's an advantage that is huge.