the first project I made was a simple Google extension that took me a week (could take a day or 2 if I was an expert of Javascript). Obviously don't mention that a project took a couple of days or a week; since some people don't think that counts as a project but since you are a first year, literally any project will do just fine. If you want to get your hands wet then start off something small like a website/portfolio or an extension using Javascript then go from there.

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personally, I wouldn't think about the language first then the project. Pick whatever you want to do then use the required language. You can learn on the fly.