""" I state upfront that I have zero React experience because 99.999999% of tech companies want someone with 18 years of experience with a four-year-old JavaScr

""" I state upfront that I have zero React experience because 99.999999% of tech companies want someone with 18 years of experience with a four-year-old JavaScript framework. I'm being facetious here but that requirement is ridiculous for a fad. Writing CSS in JS? GROSS. """ React is just a library for mapping state to ui elements, right? I've been using react and all of my css lives in separate .css files. Is that not typical? Maybe they are just venting frustration but maybe blowing off what employers want is indicative of other issues or a bad attitude.