Every job I had post-school effectively required that I owned a car and knew how to operate it--whether to go into an office or for frictionless business travel

Every job I had post-school effectively required that I owned a car and knew how to operate it--whether to go into an office or for frictionless business travel. In one or two cases, I could maybe have gotten off with flying and then renting (or taking some other form of transportation where available).