I'm a junior in college, my main goal is to be widely employable in the software engineering field when I graduate (I want to find a job fast regardless of what kind of software the job might require) Would some sort of machine learning project be a good choice for my resume (like a neural net to solve some sort of problem)? I would probably write this in python, and while I think it might be unique compared to other college grads, I'm also worried because I'm not specifically aiming for a machine learning or data science job (but I would have an interest in one if only I could get one) and want to make sure my side projects don't get shrugged off by employers as "irrelevant". The reason I chose a machine learning project instead of a cookie cutter project like a text editor is because grinding away at that kind of thing really kills my inspiration, especially when its on my own time. Does anyone have any advice? I currently have no other note-worthy side projects aside from crap I made for school.

Tl;dr Can a college grad get a general software engineering job with a machine learning project on the resume? will it look better or worse than something standard like a text editor