[jrockway]

That might be true, but your reputation is at stake as well. For the same reason that you might wear a suit to an important meeting, you might also take steps to ensure that your video and audio quality are presentable when you're having an important meeting virtually. (Of course, once you've paid the cost for that, you can just do a good job for all meetings. Much easier than a trip to the dry cleaners.)

[GekkePrutser]

Not even just reputation. I have seen people with poor (often too soft) audio get 'snowed under' while trying to raise a point. It's much easier to ignore someone who is less 'in your face'. In that sense I think it's really important for effectiveness in meetings.

[andrekandre]

  > That might be true, but your reputation is at stake as well.

anecdotally, but i see this as well, especially for interviews, people will notice the quality!

[numpad0]

Hard to notice that hoodie is your problem and not your coding style without ever being pointed out.