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In this episode of More Than A CV Podcast, Sean Allen speaks with Dave Mason, Technical Lead at DEFRA.

Chasing the next title, bigger salary, and louder “success” can leave you further from the work you’re best at and happiest in. Dave Mason shares the career reset that pulled him out of senior leadership and back into hands-on engineering, and why that move changed everything.

Dave has spent 25 years in tech across Manchester, from junior dev to tech lead, head of engineering, and director-level roles. But the real story is how he learned what leadership actually demands, where it broke for him, and why the conventional “keep climbing” path stopped making sense.

Connect with Dave on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-mason-tech/

✨ If you’d like to appear as a guest or suggest topics for future episodes, connect with Sean – https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean1allen/

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