This is my string:
raw_list = u\'Software Engineer with a huge passion for new and innovative products. Experienced gained from working in both big and fast-grow
This is my approach, changing regex pattern, you might try
re.sub(r'[^\x00-\x7F]+','',raw_list)
Out[1]: u'Software Engineer with a huge passion for new and innovative products. Experienced gained from working in both big and fast-growing start-ups. Specialties Languages and Frameworks: JavaScript (Nodejs, React), Android, Ruby on Rails 4, iOS (Swift) Databases: Mongodb, Postgresql, MySQL, Redis Testing Frameworks: Mocha, Rspec xxxx Others: Sphinx, MemCached, Chef.'