IMO OP is correct that the bootcamp devs are scary, not React itself. I’ve interviewed a number of engineers who have very little grasp of what the DOM is and

IMO OP is correct that the bootcamp devs are scary, not React itself. I’ve interviewed a number of engineers who have very little grasp of what the DOM is and how it works because React abstracts the whole thing away. Server components are another are where some niceties mean a bunch of developers aren’t really understanding what’s going on with underlying HTTP requests. While React’s API surface is small the average app will come with a chunk of extra stuff: Redux, next.js, yadda yadda. People take entire courses that never leave that bubble.