Please help me figure this chicken or egg situation: How am I supposed to be an X yrs experienced AI/ML Engineer if no one gives us noobs a chance to prove ourselves?

I understand companies only think about their own but yea, how. How are people getting into this field? I can't seem to figure it out.

I'm trying to switch into it, my previous experience is in a different domain (I don't like it), so that's useless. I got qualifications, projects, skills, the works. I know more about AI ML now than I did about my previous domain. But yep, its chicken or egg. Everytime.