I’m just going to say it on mastodon because I’m not here much and I don’t care. I say all of this as someone who’s made #javascript a big part of my life and future plans:

If you get all high and mighty about React devs not knowing VanillaJS, you’re being ridiculous. If you’re giving job interviews for a company that doesn’t use any frameworks or libraries, you can talk about JS skills. Otherwise, you’re just gatekeeping the least respected, easiest coding language. Get a life.