Mystic Aquarium getting 5 Beluga whales from Canada - Hartford Courant

Mystic Aquarium getting 5 Beluga whales from Canada - Hartford Courant

Mystic Aquarium getting 5 Beluga whales from Canada - Hartford Courant

Posted: 12 May 2021 12:23 PM PDT

FILE — In this July 5, 2018, file photo, members of the brass ensemble for the 7th Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps, interact with Juno, one of the Beluga whales at Mystic Aquarium, in Stonington, Conn., after playing in front of the Alaska Coast exhibit. Mystic Aquarium is preparing for the arrival of five Beluga whales from a zoo and amusement park in Canada after navigating approval processes on both sides of the U.S. border and overcoming legal challenges from environmental groups. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day via AP) (Sean D. Elliot/AP)

Career Reboot: From App Developer to Aquarium Ace - The Wall Street Journal

Posted: 02 May 2021 12:00 AM PDT

When Kenny Lin was a child growing up in southern China, his family didn't have much money. His entertainment came from nature: keeping pet chickens, climbing trees, chasing frogs. "I'd be that weird kid with some insect in my hand, scaring everyone. But to me, that was fun," he says.

Even in New York City, where his family moved when he was young, he tried to tame pigeons and catch cicadas. His mother worked long hours sewing pockets on shirts at a local clothing factory, making 6 cents apiece. The family struggled financially, but nature was a familiar refuge.

He never knew what he wanted to do professionally. At Stony Brook University he experimented with electrical engineering, computer science and business administration, but none of them stuck. He got a degree in economics. "I just needed to pick something," he says.

In college, he'd started teaching himself to code, and after graduating in 2003 he worked to build his portfolio, finding website-building work on Craigslist and searching for technical advice online when he needed help. It was a lesson in resourcefulness. "I attribute a lot of my business-building [instincts] to that period of time," he says.

He landed his first full-time job in 2006 at a digital-advertising company, building ad banners. The hours were punishing: He recalls leaving the company's Manhattan office once at 7 a.m. His girlfriend, Sid May Chan, bought him a small tank for his desk with neon tetra fish, so he'd at least have some nature to look at.

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