I think its a gateway drug as well. Its just odd that it really doesn’t get much better from beginner -> expert. Expertise in the front end world is largely knowing how not to shoot yourself in the foot.
The unnecessary complexity holds back a lot of people as well. I know plenty of incredibly talented back end people who don’t have the confidence to develop web UIs when comparatively its a simple task (if you remove the always changing complexities of front-end tooling).
I feel like there should be a solution where you can codify this knowledge and share it with others, kind of like a storybook JS for the masses.