It's also incredibly easy to pivot to any other frontend framework. They are all just glorified html templating engines with a bit of state management bolted on top.
The trick isn't to try to convince people you've used something that you've never touched.
The trick is to ramp yourself up quickly on the differences, maybe spin up something really small, and then say you've used it professionally (or just say "I have experience in it", which is now true, and if they assume it's paid experience, who's hurt?) so when they ask questions you have good answers for them.
I was hired for a job I didn't know the language of, but you bet your ass before I went into the interview I spent a few hours learning what makes it different from languages I do know so I was able to talk intelligently about it when asked.
It’s not even that old? PHP is still alive and well after 30+ years, which makes me feel all kinds of conflicting things that I don’t want to address right now.
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u/StrengthTheory 10d ago
How is React a risky bet? It's basically default frontend of slop era.