The second building block of an analyst's education is to sit at the knee of a mentor and learn the business. "I had three mentors ... My dad, Henry Cieszynski, who was an analyst for 40 years, taught me a lot. Peter Brown, the chairman of Canaccord Capital, where I worked for 10 years, was a big inspiration to me, and David Allan, who gave me my first job on Bay Street." Similarly, John Smolinski, managing director of TD Asset Management, had portfolio managers Kim Shannon and John DiTomasso as mentors. Full Article at Toronto Star