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IMO, it's kinda hard not to end up learning those things even if you are in react all day.

At one point or another things don't work and it's because of simple HTML... and not react.

Maybe that's not the right path to learn it but we've reached a point where if you want a job, plain HTML and JavaScript isn't it.... plenty of folks who had the benefit of developing their skills from HTML + JS all the way up will bemoan this situation.... but if they're hiring people they're not hiring anyone who just knows HTML and JavaScript without any exposure to anything else.