Struggling to transition to DE from BI

Hey all I’ve been a BI Developer for 4 years, under 2 different companies (first one had several layoffs, current one is notoriously stable). My goal has always been to get into data engineering or even analytics engineering with a technical aspect to it. It’s been a struggle and really discouraging The issue is…when I applied within the company they straight up said they usually hire DE’s with actual DE experience and don’t often hire many. Really soured me from I was initially told on how I should be able to move into DE internally when I got hired. My background on the job is mainly Fabric(