<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Professional Life on</title><link>https://ligia.mariomelo.com/tags/professional-life/</link><description>Recent content in Professional Life on</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ligia.mariomelo.com/tags/professional-life/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>When Privacy is not the end goal</title><link>https://ligia.mariomelo.com/when-privacy-is-not-the-end-goal/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://ligia.mariomelo.com/when-privacy-is-not-the-end-goal/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Landing a job in the privacy sector is a dream come true, isn’t it?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I remember the feeling of sheer joy when I received the news that I’d been successful in the recruitment process as a data protection lawyer t at a firm specialising in this field! Wow, those months of transition, immersing myself in GDPR and LGPD, attending face-to-face courses, meeting people, posting content on LinkedIn… it had all paid off! Now I could devote myself to the subject I was passionate about and, on top of that, get paid for it! Isn’t that the dream?&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>My journey into the Privacy world</title><link>https://ligia.mariomelo.com/my-privacy-journey/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://ligia.mariomelo.com/my-privacy-journey/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;In December 2019, the moment arrived when I received some incredible news: I&amp;rsquo;d passed a recruitment process and was set to begin the (bizarre, though we didn&amp;rsquo;t know it yet!) year of 2020 working in the field I&amp;rsquo;d been studying and planning to work in for months. Since then, working in privacy, I&amp;rsquo;ve had the opportunity to see how this dynamic worked in different scenarios:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The beginning: lawyer and consultant at a firm focused on digital protection and IT law&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>