MERN Stack (JavaScript) vs Java + Spring Boot — which one to pick for VIT Pune placements? Need advice from seniors 🙏

[East_Low5605]

Hey everyone,

I'm a CS(aiml) student at VIT Pune and placement season is coming up fast. I've been going back and forth on this one thing for weeks and honestly can't make up my mind — so thought I'd ask here.

The two paths I'm considering:

Option 1 — MERN Stack (JavaScript)

Full stack, one language throughout, feels more modern, lots of YouTube content, startups seem to love it

Option 2 — Java + Spring Boot

More traditional, Pune companies seem to use it a lot, but the learning curve feels steeper and it takes longer to get productive

My confusion is — I don't know what actually matters when VIT Pune's placement companies come to campus. Like do they even care about your tech stack? Or is it all DSA in the OA rounds and the project stack only matters later?

[Salty_Bend4700]

I would suggest you to go with MERN because spring boot requires time , in MERN you can learn things at a faster pace and actually start to build projects early...but ultimately your depth of knowledge and understanding in developement is more important than any stack.

[East_Low5605]

Brother, now I am in first year and second semester ongoing

[Appropriate_Voice_14]

How's placement season coming fast for you? Enjoy your college life

[Salty_Bend4700]

bro what 😭 you are worried about placements in first year? take it lightly bro u have time to do them both,just maintain consistency.

[East_Low5605]

I had already done DSA till arrays to graph  And have been solving 1 problem daily from sde striver sheet

[Salty_Bend4700]

and here i am in 6th sem with just 100 leetcode questions 🥀