Fairly Early Career Advice

Apologies if this kind of post is not allowed here.

I need some advice on how to move away from Helpdesk. I have been working a Helpdesk since May of 2022 (a year and a half) and need to move on. I graduated from College with a Bachelors degree in IT with a focus on development (December 2021), but could not get a dev job out of College.

Where the F do I go from here. I understand the answer is likely to get certifications, and I get that, but my goal is not necessarily to move into networking, but rather to move into a dev job. Excuse the ignorance but is their dev related certs I can get or anything I can do to supplement a dev related degree to try and land a job?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!