Ask HN: What projects can new programmers build to gain more confidence?

We often hear that building small to moderate size projects make you more confident as a programmer than reading books or taking courses.

Suppose a newly minted programmer who has taken an introductory course on Programming and/or Computer Science somewhere and knows the basic constructs of a programming language.

What projects can such a person build? Is there a list that is suitable for a beginner like that?