I'm going to be a little blunt and say this.
You're a full time Angular developer, you obviously know more about Angular then you do React. So why would you switch to using React? At the end of the day both can do the job just as well.
Re:Angular vs. React – the tie breaker
by robotnoises on Thursday July 09, 2015 @09:37AM
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Haha... I don't think you're being too blunt.
Why does anyone ever do something new? Curiosity? Maybe I just feel like there can be something gained by learning a slightly different way of doing the same thing?
You need to keep yourself marketable. There are plenty of interviewers who expect most good JS devs to have React knowledge. It's the hot framework right now.
Re:Angular vs. React – the tie breaker
by bryanlarsen on Thursday July 09, 2015 @11:05AM
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Angular 2.0 takes a lot of the good stuff from React so I think it's much more pragmatic for the average Angular dev to wait for that and learn that first. If Angular 2.0 fizzles, then learn React.
I'm thinking the latter is the more likely of the two, but consider my interest piqued. I am a full time Angular developer, but for some time now I have felt obligated to try out React.
Side question: does anyone have any real experience with integrating Firebase with React a la ReactFire? I am currently working on an early-stage app using AngularFire, but it's still early enough to change if given a compelling reason to do so.