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> You can't even allow yourself a look down or a raised eyebrow without rudely signaling your boredom to everyone else on the call.

You realize that by hiding your boredom from everyone on the call, you are signaling to them that the discussion is interesting and thus you encourage them to continue that discussion.

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That’s obviously better than being seen as unprofessional.

Having your camera disabled is considered unprofessional? That's preposterous.

This depends on company culture, but yes increasingly having your camera disabled is considered unprofessional unless everybody else has camera off as well (or if there are a dozen or more people in the meeting. In that case rules change a bit).

We could argue about whether it should be that way (I'm quite unsure tbh), but I would advise people who care about professionalism to default to on.

I meant that hiding your boredom from everyone on the call is more professional than revealing you are bored, regardless of whether your camera is on or not.

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