Yep, totally agreed! I view Typescript as just another skill to learn on top of JavaScript, as opposed to a straight replacement. You're never going to be guaranteed that you'll always be working in Typescript codebase, and the fundamentals are always critical.
Having said that, I'm also mindful that a lot of job postings these days (even for "junior" devs) are sticking Typescript in there, so I totally get the drive to learn it.
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Yep, totally agreed! I view Typescript as just another skill to learn on top of JavaScript, as opposed to a straight replacement. You're never going to be guaranteed that you'll always be working in Typescript codebase, and the fundamentals are always critical.
Having said that, I'm also mindful that a lot of job postings these days (even for "junior" devs) are sticking Typescript in there, so I totally get the drive to learn it.