I know you don't mean this advice to be personal or offensive, but your assumptions about me are wrong, and so you're starting this conversation with me on a slightly weird footing, and I don't really know how to respond.
We may be more alike in experience and opinion than you realise :-) just start by treating me as an equal, and we can have a fruitful conversation about this stuff. I can probably learn a lot from you, and you from me.
#1 - no way you have more than 25 yrs on this planet...
#2 - I quit pretty hard about 6 months ago, not because JS...
#3 - Working with this shit day in and day out does not make you an expert, it makes you a shit expert. You've been eating the pie of some framework, and you think you know the taste.
#4 - You are right, there are plenty of shit pies out there and they pay well.
#5 - I used to sound just like that. And I have plenty of growing up to do.
#6 - It's NOT PERSONAL, none of it. It's CODE! Hack it!
(edit: formatting + a bit, edit 2: SP, edit #3, no respect :)