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you can just learn typescript at the same time. but don’t over do it, keep your types as simple as possible. there are lots of good react and next.js projects on github to peek at

Go with TS once you are comfortable with JS stuff, earlier you get used to, the better. The basic TS you actually need is pretty easy to pick up, and the rest is just practice, and seeing a lot.

From a non-dev point of you're view, you're thinking too much. Just build something cool and show people, then streamline your stack to something you want to work with long term.

I found typescript very relevant when coding with AI help. it give context right away. Also it's super good at writing typescript and debug problem. That being said even without AI the time you save debugging is huge compared to the time you spend typing things

All JavaScript is valid typescript 🤷‍♂️

Use typescript, don't be afraid to use "as any", and forgive yourself when that any inevitably bites you 🙃

I think digging into TypeScript is probably a good idea if you want a job. I think it's common that people jump over JavaScript but I really feel like understanding the underlying code is important, especially when debugging. I don't know if I'd go so far as to say do JS first, though.