Welcome to the Industry, your experience is how it truly is and always has been. Its a roll of the dice, pure luck being in the right place at the right time, literally. Chin up, good luck with it.
When you finally get into the airlines, you'll here stories of guys you work with much more senior to you, some already Captains, who you'll discover were in the same place as you were at the same time. That's how it is.