Investment career

Hi guys,

I really really like finance, investment career, because of my personal issue that I wasted time and  lost my past opportunities on my 4th year at university. Now, I will use all my passion and work on this career.

First, let me introduce my background, I complete my bachelor's degree at Business Economics two years ago , have a one year accountant experience in a small company.  I just end my CFA lever 1 exam, if I will not pass I will take the exam again this year. I didn't learn some extra skills from school, so I am learning SQL, prepared to add on my resume. I am planning to learn financial models later, I know the best time to get into this field was before my graduate.  I am come back now, I think my biggest weakness is the language, English is not my primary language, my spoken English is not good enough. I understand my personal background that I can't compare with those talent people like the people in this platform, but everyone has a dream and can work hard with this dream.  That is the life. Now introduce my some advantage, I usually listen to the market news and keep learning investment or buy stock. I like think about the opportunities for a company, deep thinking opportunities for business. So, that is all about me, my goal is try to break into this filed, I understand the first step is hard based on my situation, I am also looking around some positions about this field. So could any predecessors give me some advice how should I start my first step,  I am wondering which position should I try to start to match my situation with the weakness. I will appreciate. 

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