Where are those Junior: DevOps Engineer, general software engineer, and front-end developer jobs? Is it the responsibility of the job market to allow people to

Where are those Junior: DevOps Engineer, general software engineer, and front-end developer jobs? Is it the responsibility of the job market to allow people to gain the experience needed to fill the mid-level and senior level jobs. Overall, how are we as aspiring developers supposed to gain the needed experience to fill the demanding roles? I have several years of experience in IT via System/Network Administration and I've been teaching myself programming after my work hours (mostly JavaScript over the last 8 months). I've taken the Microsoft Virtual Academy for Introduction to Programming with Python, Getting Started with PowerShell 3.0, Advanced Tools & Scripting with PowerShell 3.0; Codecademy for HTML/CSS, JavaScript, Python even college for C# and a myriad of other free online courses to push my knowledge further. As an individual that lives in Seattle, I'd love to fill an engaging and exciting opportunity to round out my experience while growing my skill set. Sadly, I'm just not seeing the opportunities out there that would allow me to move forward. I know that there are some that would say, create the opportunities to move your career forward. But, as an individual that is bound by an employment contract that has an "Employment Exclusivity" clause and broad reaching "Ownership Of Intangible Property" clause. That is extremely difficult. There's also the other side of the thought process that states if companies are truly desperate for talent, that they'd find a way to curate and grow the talent in those areas to fill the demand. I don't know if that is even happening. Hell, I'd even be willing to work at sub-standard wages if I was able to find an organization that is willing to work to mentor a candidate to solidify their skills and experience. (No, my current employer doesn't do that.) Average wage is what 89k/yr ... I'm pretty sure that several people would be willing to work for $54k to $60k if it meant the opportunity to grow their skills, knowledge and work on exciting projects. But, maybe I'm just thinking of myself here.