I started experimenting with React earlier this year and then a few weeks ago, decided to really dig into the topic. I was interested in the framework from a few perspectives:

• Having worked in the "AngularJs/Angular" world for several years, I was curious about how React would be to use in a real project. i.e. Not reading other people's viewpoints on it.
• Anecdotally, it seems to me that most job openings internationally, especially in the US and Silicon Valley seem to be React-leaning. I don't have any data to back this up, but when looking at companies that could comprise a wishlist of companies to work for, they all seemed to be in favour of React.
• With my burgeoning interest in mobile development, the realtionship between React and React Native and how those skills might cross-pollinate made for an attractive topic.
• From my basic introductions to React, my feeling is that React somehow feels more JavaScript-y somehow.
• The "Typescript" factor seems to me moving into the React world in a real way, and I am curious whether my experience working with TypeScript in Angular and Nest.js will make a transition to React easier for me, or harder.