What’s usually expected when transitioning stacks?
I’ve been a Ruby on Rails developer for about 3 years, and for the past 6 months I’ve been working professionally with JavaScript and React.
I recently saw a job listing for a mid level React developer asking for 2+ years of React experience. This made me wonder, in cases like this, do companies usually expect 2 full years of React-specific experience, or are they looking for someone with mid level experience overall, who happens to be working in React?
In my case, I’m confident with React, but obviously I don’t have 2 years with the framework.
In cases like this where a developer changes stacks, does the “experience counter” go back to 0 years? I really don’t know what is expected.
Posted Jul 6, 2025, 7:31 PM UTC
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