New Delhi, Oct. 11 -- "Never imagined I'd end up in this situation," 61-year-old Gautam Dev, who left India for a full-time job in the United States, said as he considers returning to his homeland.

Dev, an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, shared his ordeal with Business Insider, explaining how quitting his software engineering job in Dallas in September 2024 worsened his financial situation. He said that despite actively searching for a job, he was unable to secure full-time employment.

"In 2024, while working as a software engineer for an IT company in Dallas, I was told I'd have to relocate to another state to keep my job. That September, I decided to quit my job, stay in Dallas, and look for a new role. Tha...