I've been passively looking to get out of my troubleshoot Linux job to development. It seems like there is only internships or senior jobs. I guess an anecdote

I've been passively looking to get out of my troubleshoot Linux job to development. It seems like there is only internships or senior jobs. I guess an anecdote but managers at my company don't hire entry level developers because they don't want to pay what they can ask for and don't want to wait for them to get up to speed.