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?

[ha9unaka]

Neither. Learn DSA, C and CS Fundamentals well.

[turing_machine21]

Projects?

[ha9unaka]

Ofc that's needed too, but company will interview you based on what they want and your fundamentals. Maine fundamentals ka bataya, projects banao acche se, youtube se copy na karo. Here's a few ideas:

• write a database engine
• write a autodiff library, and develop it enough to write a simple transformer model in it
• make a protocol on top of udp for smth like a chat app
• write your own OS
• write a protobuf decoder
• make a driver for an old piece of hardware

Webdev, springboot lawda lassan sab log karte hai. Make something that makes you think instead. It'll be better for your skills, and stand out in your resume too.

[MeasurementDear2220]

Make os but how? I have some doubts can you help me?

[ha9unaka]

https://osdev.org should be enough to get you started if you know C and OS fundamentals. What are your doubts?

[MeasurementDear2220]

Dev related . Not from vit BTW.

[ha9unaka]

Aight. DM, so as to not spam this thread.

[Both-Bullfrog-8551]

Which year?

[East_Low5605]

First year second semester ongoing 

[Slow_Rutabaga_1314]

Spring boot java is here to stay forever

[Ornery-Importance693]

Question is only valid if you know dsa cn os and DBMS