Luchele Mendes is the Principal Recruiter for Natural Language Processing (NLP) & MLOps at Trust in Soda and Hosts their Podcast SODA Social.

Luchele uses her podcast to help Natural Language Processing (NLP) tech start-ups to build their brand and assists in building strong teams in ML, MLOps, and other data roles.

Join us as we highlight the opportunities and challenges of working in recruitment and improving diversity in the world of tech. We also discuss how AI can impact working within such an advanced sector.

Follow us:

Luchele Mendes - https://www.linkedin.com/in/luchele-mendes/

Alex Alexandrescu - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-alex

Sofiane Bébert - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sofiane-b

References from episode:

• What is DMT? - https://www.talktofrank.com/drug/dimethyltryptamine
• Luchele’s Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/6VhSfiVyYbFMrK5cxD4irm?si=878b49b8e7444724
• Deliqs, Sam Becht episode of SODA Social - https://open.spotify.com/episode/4YNssDapOybXmtLV6d4q63?si=a2a04793f26e4fc1
• Dr Dmitrij Achelrod episode of SODA Social - https://open.spotify.com/episode/0w0SGs51japoDRetosXY4P?si=393ad1e26a6d4a17

Timestamps:

[00:00 – 06:44] From studying psychology and psychedelics to recruiting data scientists.

[06:44 – 12:09] How to thrive in recruitment.

[12:09 – 15:56] Navigating layoffs & hiring freezes.

[15:56 – 21:14] Day in the life of a recruitment consultant & podcast host.

[21:14 – 25:03] Ethnic and academic diversity in tech.

[25:03 – 32:07] SODA Social, the networking revolution podcast.

[32:07 – 36:47] How tech recruitment has evolved over the years.

[36:47 – 44:29] The daily use and developments of generative AI in the world.

[44:29 – 48:03] A guide to building a career in data science starting as a student.