[drpossum]

You're writing this like they're subversively different languages. If you think React <> Vue transitions are transferable but then somehow think it's a bigger leap between Javascript and Typescript, you might want to reevaluate your own ability to assess developers. I treat the experience between JS and TS as more or less equally weighted and experience in whatever framework I'm looking to fill as slightly more important.

The most important thing that will overrule all of that is a good experience developer who has some demonstrable body of work.

[danroc]

I agree with you completely. I am confident on my ability to work in both JS and TS (or PHP, or Ruby, or [insert language here]), in the end they are tools, and what defines the quality of a candidate is much more broad and sometimes nuanced.

I'd love to get the perspective of someone hiring for roles where TS-experience is a strong requirement, especially if they ever had experience hiring devs with JS-only experience for senior roles.