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Timestamps
0:51 Careers are treated as small print; they should be front and center
0:57 Job titles decay fast; AI moves markets faster than curricula
4:13 Lower-ranked schools sell careers harder: product positioning lesson
8:02 Expensive degrees only pencil if brand + network are elite
10:41 Career doors don’t have to be opened by university
11:52 OneDay’s asymmetric bet: startup upside, MBA floor
13:37 Cheaper + more practical + shared cohort ambition wins as an alternative
15:00 Learning-by-doing is the durable higher-ed fix beyond business
16:09 Activate alumni as mentors while students are still enrolled
19:41 Membership model: continuous, work-tied learning for 20-30 years
Careers are the last thing university course pages think about, described in job titles that stop meaning anything within a couple of years. David and Rhys dig into why the traditional university deal is breaking down, and sketch out what might replace it: a membership model for higher education, paid for over decades rather than once, and tied to your actual career. For founders building in higher education, this is the wedge worth watching: the market for staying relevant, not just qualifying.
