I just volunteered for the #ACL2019 mentoring program. Thanks to @radamihalcea, Robert Frederking, and @arnaik19 for organizing this opportunity to welcome newcomers. Remembering my first major #NLProc conference ten years ago, I'm glad to help improve the experience. (1/thread) In 2009, as a student, I attended my first ACL. I registered late and received no information about mentorship. I was the first person from my lab to go to an #NLProc conference, and I had no one to introduce me to people. Nobody had heard of my advisor, who didn’t work in NLP.