Well, that's probably something they're going to have to talk about during the interview process. Agree completely. As I've progressed up the corporate ladder

Well, that's probably something they're going to have to talk about during the interview process. Agree completely. As I've progressed up the corporate ladder, my travel went from zero (as a plain-old developer) to 2-3x/year for 3-5 days per trip (as an architect and now SDM). It's been a mix of conferences as a vendor, conferences as a consumer, and client site visits. Refusing those would be a sure-fire way to never land an interesting project in the future.