What are you trying to do ? Do you want to have a website or do you want to write a website ? It seems like you want to have a portfolio, so I'd say just go w

What are you trying to do ? Do you want to have a website or do you want to write a website ? It seems like you want to have a portfolio, so I'd say just go with Wordpress or a static site generator. >Would employers really care if I was unfamiliar with JS, HTML, CSS other than the absolute basics? It depends on what you'll end up doing. If the position requires being good at JS, HTML, and CSS, then sure. If it doesn't, then it doesn't matter. If we're hiring someone to do machine learning, then I won't really care if they don't breathe JS. If, a few years from now, we want to bring someone to make our product look good ans slick, then it will matter.