India, June 7 -- An IIT graduate has sparked a discussion online after opening up about his struggle to land a job despite preparing for software development, artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science roles. The student said he was now confused about whether to continue looking for a job or shift towards a PhD.

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Taking to Reddit, the user shared his dilemma in a post titled, "Unemployed IITian. What should I do: Job or PhD?"

In his post, the user wrote, "Hi all, I have just graduated from BTech, IIT, and as a usual 'Bhed Chaal', I had also started preparing for SDE, AI/ML, and Data Science roles....