Early adopters are a minority. You'll save time if you decide not to be one. For example, I'm very glad I did not spend any time learning webpack configuration

Early adopters are a minority. You'll save time if you decide not to be one. For example, I'm very glad I did not spend any time learning webpack configuration. All the big frameworks have a cli or equivalent doing it for you nowadays. You can be conservative at work and just keep an eye on the news. Don't delve into the code - playing around with alpha stuff is the real time sink.