Should I learn ES6 before learning React.js?

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We use vanilla Javascript with React at Great Big Story. As a result, I do not know ES6. Yet. I do want to pick it up eventually, but I’m at a point in my career where unless I want to learn it, I’m not going to unless I’m getting paid to. Maybe my next job will use ES6. Or maybe it won’t. When every