Here I've tried to make my case on why should you start your Software Engineering Journey with Java.
You can develop anything for Android the most widely used Operating System.
Java has the Battle Tested framework for Web Applications, namely Spring.
You can solve almost all algorithmic problems in Java without compromising on Speed.
Whether on Desktop, Web, Cloud, Mobile, you can develop enterprise (real big) solutions by relying on the power of Java.
You can develop beautiful, stable, cross platform desktop applications on Java.
You can develop some really cool stuff with Java.