Life is not always picture perfect after an IIT degree. Taking to the subreddit Developers India, one IIT graduate revealed he was unemployed at age 26, watching his savings dwindle day by day and feeling helpless and lost.The tech professional admitted he had envisaged a promising career for himself in AI and Machine Learning after completing MTech in AI from IIT Patna in 2025. However, his career did not workout in the way he wanted it to be. After graduation, he found himself working in jobs such as patent analyst and assistant professor. Both jobs he took because he felt it was a better alternative to being unemployed. However, he experienced a disconnection while working in both jobs and did not feel it aligned with his goals and desires. Realizing that these roles were not the right fit, he ultimately chose to step away from both positions in search of a path that better matched his passion for artificial intelligence and machine learning.He admitted that he was back home, unemployed and watching his savings disappear and feeling like a total failure. He revealed he observed his classmates succeeding in their careers while he felt like a complete failure. “The hardest part is that I don't even know if I made the wrong decisions or if I simply had no real choice at the time. I took the opportunities that were available, but now I feel further away from the career I actually wanted. Some days I feel like my life is already over before it has really begun. I see former classmates moving forward while I feel completely lost and left behind…” he said. Redditors ReactOne Reddit user advised him to work on his skills and have patience. “Even Albert Einstein worked as a patent clerk and private tutor to a kid and some odd guys and struggled to find a job despite having a Ph.D. before he made his big breakthroughs in Physics. He too was 26 at that time. Just keep working on your skills and keep moving towards the goal which you want to achieve. You will surely achieve success one day….” the comment read. Another remarked: “If I were in your position, I would get into a PhD program, or, if not, take a job and prepare for the GATE in parallel to secure a govt job, or, if not, get into coding and try to get into FANGG or whatever product companies are there.”