Learning Group
When the first local Free Code Camp (FCC) study group popped up, we had no idea that within less than a year, nearly every major city on Earth would have one.
当Free Code Camp第一个线下学习小组成立的时候，我们完全没有想到，不到一年的时间，FCC就在全球几乎每一个主要城市里都建立了学习小组。
Before I knew it, I became the person who campers reached out to register their group. I found myself activating more than a dozen study groups a day, and sharing with them the awesomeness of coffee-and-codes.
在知道这一切之前，我一直负责联系世界各地的学员们注册和建立他们自己的学习小组。我曾经一天时间激活了超过12个线下学习小组，并且向他们分享“咖啡与代码”活动的魅力。
Today, we have over 1,000 Facebook groups, in more than 160 countries. Absolutely mind-baffling, eh?
而如今，我们在全球超过160个国家拥有了一千多个Facebook学习小组，简直是一件令人惊叹的事情，不是吗？
I’ve been blown away by the innovation and sheer tenacity some of our campers have shown in recruiting members, securing venues, publicizing events, and bringing in-person coding opportunities to their communities.
各地学习小组的学员们在当地招募新成员、安排场地、宣传活动，甚至亲自带领社区参与编程，他们在这其间展现的惊人的创造力和顽强的意志令我非常敬佩。
I was a moderately successful designer (graphic and web), but didn’t feel satisfied. So I decided to take some time off and search for something to make me happy.
我曾经从事于图像和网页设计工作，是一名足够优秀的设计师，只是我从来没有从那份工作中得到快感。所以我决定花点时间去寻找一些能让我真正快乐的事情。
I had long flirted with coding. We’re talking C++ back in my early university years, and heaps of HTML and CSS ever since. But I had never found a way to properly get along with it. To me, coding seemed like this elusive, esoteric thing that only a few were capable of.
我其实很早就接触了编程。早在上大学的时候，我就学习过C++，之后还学习了一堆HTML和CSS的知识。然而我从来没有找到一个正确的方式去进一步发展我的编程能力。因此我曾经一直认为编程是一个深奥而难以理解的领域，也许只能有一部分人能够驾驭它。
Long story short, I moved from San Francisco to Toronto a bit over a year ago to live with my fiancée (who’s Canadian). This meant that I had to wait for a work permit. It seemed like the perfect opportunity to conquer that summit that is coding. So I spent months attending a variety of technology events, and studied coding full-time.
长话短说，大约一年多之前，我和我的未婚妻（她来自加拿大）从旧金山搬到了多伦多，这意味着我需要一段时间才能拿到我的工作许可证。于是看起来我有了一个非常好的机会去征服编程领域的巅峰，因此我在接下来的几个月里参加了很多技术活动，也开始了全日制的编程学习。
Free Code Camp helped me achieve what previously seemed like an unreachable goal — being a competent web developer.
而就在这段时间里，FCC帮助我完成了这个对于我而言明显根本无法完成的目标——成为一名优秀的Web开发人员。
Through the study group, Free Code Camp also introduced me to good friends, who were also transitioning their careers toward software development. (I’m looking at you Alexander Kallaway and Ha Le Minh.) It also gave me a sense of fulfillment from helping other campers make the big leap into coding.
通过多伦多的FCC学习小组，我也认识了一些和我一样正在从其他职业向软件开发行业过渡的好朋友，在帮助其他学员跨越到编程领域的过程中，我也获得了充分的满足感。
Within one week of getting my Canadian work permit, I landed a job as a front end developer. And I’m no exception — several other campers in our group have recently gotten their first developer jobs, too.
在拿到加拿大的工作许可证不到一周时间里，我就获得了一份前端开发工作。当然，像我这样的事情并非个例，事实上，最近学习小组里很多学员也都获得了他们的第一份开发者工作。
The FCC Toronto study group. I’m the guy in the flannel shirt with the big smile. FCC多伦多学习小组。我是穿着法兰绒衬衫、面带微笑的那个人
Having benefited so much from this community, I’ve decided to double down and help more than ever on my nights and weekends.
由于从FCC社区中获得了巨大的收益，我开始决定付出更大的努力，抽出周末和夜晚的时间去帮助更多FCC的学员。
But this is not my story alone. All around the world, FCC study groups are helping people build their skill sets. They’re providing opportunities to hang out with other developers and network with hiring managers at local employers.
当然这并非我一个人的故事，全世界各地的FCC学习小组都在帮助学员们建立自己的技术栈，同时它们也提供工作和招聘信息给其他开发者以及与当地的招聘企业建立联系和展开合作。
Campers are achieving creative and ambitious goals through their Free Code Camp study groups.
众多学员都通过FCC学习小组取得了一个又一个极具创造力和雄心勃勃的目标。
Our friends at the FCC Providence study group met with their city’s mayor to form a partnership. Their government now helps sponsor their activities. They’re also establishing relationships with local tech companies, and are applying to become a registered nonprofit organization.
我们在普罗旺斯的FCC学员们与当地市长取得了联系，并与政府建立起了合作关系。当地政府决定持续赞助和支持他们的活动。同时他们也和当地的互联网技术公司建立了深厚的友谊，而他们目前正在申请成为当地正式的注册非营利性组织。
The FCC Guam study group is partnering with the University of Guam, and their Department of Education in promoting computer science, math and English education through a summer pilot program using Free Code Camp’s curriculum.
FCC关岛的学习小组与关岛大学和当地教育部合作开展了一项夏季试点活动，旨在利用FCC的课程表推动当地的计算机科学、数学和英语教育教学工作。
The FCC Dallas study group has built its own website to help each other and benchmark their progress.
而达拉斯的FCC学习小组则创建了自己的网站去帮助学员记录和展现他们的努力与进步。
Some campers from the FCC Dallas study group hang out at NoD, which hosted one of their events. 达拉斯学员挂在NoD上的线下小组活动照片
Rather than try to straight-jacket study groups by imposing a bunch of rules, the leaders of Free Code Camp’s open source community have chosen to give each study group full autonomy.
相对于制定一系列的规则去规范和约束每一个学习小组，FCC开源社区的建设者们选择了给予线下学习小组充分的自主权和独立性。
This means each study group can:
这意味着每一个小组都可以：
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Freely partner with local organizations and sign paperwork without needing to ask Free Code Camp’s core team for permission
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不需要获得FCC核心团队的许可就可以自由地与当地组织合作并签署相关文案
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Apply for tax-exempt (nonprofit) status, which can be beneficial in using public spaces for event venues
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申请免税（非营利性）许可，从而有助于学习小组使用公共场所组织相关活动
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Collect dues if absolutely necessary to pay for pizza and soda
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如果有必要支付一些活动花销，可以自行向学员收取费用
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Basically anything else a regular group of people can legally do
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其他正规组织可以合法做的任何事情
Not only does this give campers flexibility to adapt to local customs, it also frees Free Code Camp — a small team of developers who are mostly volunteers — from liability for things that happen half way around the world.
这样的决策不仅使学员们可以充分结合当地的情况开展活动，也解放了FCC核心团队。作为一个大部分都以志愿者身份参与进来的小型开发团队，组织和承担世界各地的学校小组活动的工作量是我们很难承受的。
The FCC New South Wales study group. 新南威尔士州的FCC学习小组
The only thing we ask that study groups not do is print t-shirts or other merchandise with the Free Code Camp logo on it, as our shop is currently the only way Free Code Camp supports itself.
我们唯一禁止线下学习小组做的事情是印制文化T恤或其他带有FCC官方logo的周边产品，事实上，我们目前只支持通过FCC官方线上商店购买类似商品。
If you want custom gear for your local study group, reach out to us. We can handle printing and distribution in a way that’s transparent and risk-free for you.
如果有学习小组希望订制属于自己本地小组的周边产品，可以与我们联系，我们将帮助它们完成生产印制过程并通过安全可靠的方式送达当地。
The FCC Moscow study group. 莫斯科的FCC学习小组
We even have a repository on GitHub that contains all of our Creative Commons-licensed assets, and you can modify these and use them on posters, websites and signs to promote your group.
我们也在GitHub上创建了一个仓库，里面含有与FCC相关的所有允许创作和共享的资源文件，每一个学习小组都可以在自己的海报、网站和标签上使用和修改这些资源以建设自己的小组。
Even though I’m settling into my new job, I’ll continue to provide support for all of our study groups and help share best practices. Reach out to me on Gitter if I can be of any help at all.
虽然目前我正忙于适应我的新工作，但我仍然会继续向我们所有的学习小组提供帮助和支持，并分享给你们优秀的活动实践经验。你们可以在Gitter上与我取得联系，我将竭尽全力向你们提供有用的帮助。
Also, I invite you to write about what your local study group is doing. This is a great way to share your group’s innovative approaches, as well as inspire campers in other groups.
同时，我希望能邀请到各位学员编写你们当地的学习小组正在做的事情，这种方式既能分享你们的创意，又能激励其他小组的学员。
Here are some classic Medium articles written by campers about how they are leading their local study groups:
这里是一些学员发表在Medium上的经典博文，描述了他们是如何开展线下小组活动的。
Growth Hacking Your City’s Campsite
It turns out my neighbors wanted to learn to code, too. They just didn’t realize it was possible.
I’ll close with some more photos from our amazing study groups. Hope to see photos from yours soon. Happy coding!
我将用一些来自我们优秀的学习小组的活动照片作为结尾，同时也希望可以尽快看到更多其他学习小组的照片。祝大家编程快乐～
The FCC Mexico City study group. 墨西哥的FCC学习小组
The FCC Tabriz study group 大不里士的FCC学习小组
The FCC Mississauga study group 密西沙加的FCC学习小组
An FCC Delhi study group event in an art museum. 德里艺术博物馆举办的FCC学习小组活动
The FCC Pittsburgh study group 匹兹堡的FCC学习小组
The FCC Seoul study group 汉城的FCC学习小组
The FCC Ho Chi Minh City study group 胡志明市的FCC学习小组
The FCC New York City study group 纽约的FCC学习小组
The FCC Lagos study group 拉各斯的FCC学习小组
The FCC Manila study group 马尼拉的FCC学习小组
The FCC South Los Angeles study group 南洛杉矶的FCC学习小组