I always wonder why people put up with those companies.

You shouldn't stay because your future interviewers will question why you want to jump into development when you started a year of support. Your salary will probably be the same as an entry-level grad as well. In othet words, don't get pigeonholed into a support role for future employers to excuse their low salary offer to you. They will think that your dev. skills will have stagnated because you weren't doing development for the past year,which isn't really too far-fetched to say.

I probably had the same experience as you did. Outsourcing sucks.

What company was this? Any particular reason you stayed?

He was implying it's normal for companies to behave as you described - just another apologist for shitty employer practices. It's good you're sharing so people discontinue enabling these shitty employers. Drop a review on Glassdoor at leasti: it's anonymous.