It really depends on what devs are you looking for, location, etc. Some places have lots of node devs doing freelance, others are more of a Java culture, etc. N

It really depends on what devs are you looking for, location, etc. Some places have lots of node devs doing freelance, others are more of a Java culture, etc. Node shines on hitting the ground running, assuming you don't have strong CPU requirements. Don't know much about .NET Core, but I assume its ecosystem is like Java but 10-50x smaller, which means you would be treading unfamiliar terrain some times. I guess .NET is enjoying its 15 mins of fame because it targets Linux now, but they will eventually have to catch up with the competition (debugging, build tools, etc). If you have legroom, .NET can be fun (I think the language is great), but if its a "serious" project I'd go with the JVM. You will waste less time with all the stuff around deploying an app and focus more on business.