[1shooner]

> I am planning to stick with my choice that's all.

>as for why I personally choose React was due to the job market

From my experience, this is the problem, and I don't know that anyone is to blame for it. React's success has created skill drift away from the web platform. When I first started as a web team manager, my new hires knew the fundamentals of web standards: html, css, js, and some libraries to make those easier to work with.

Now, most entry level web devs know some flavor of React, full stop. These aren't Bay area web engineers, these are the web mechanics that need to get into whatever is thrown at them and keep it working, or make it start working again. I know losing grip of the platform is short-sighted in principle, and for the purposes of my team is immediately impractical.

[robertwt7]

but i did start with vanilla JS, then Jquery.. also at work I'm not only maintaining react but also Angular V1.

Choosing react is not necessarily drifting away from the web platform. I choose it as my main stack when starting new projects.