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Self-Paced Learning Festival: 09 January - 30 January 2026

Published on ‎12-09-2025 03:56 AM by Databricks Employee | Updated on ‎01-02-2026 02:50 AM

🚀 Grow Your Skills and Earn Rewards! 🚀
 📅 Mark your calendar: January 09 – January 30, 2026

🎉 Join us for a three-week event dedicated to learning, upskilling, and advancing your career in data engineering, analytics, machine learning, and generative AI. Whether you’re new to the field or aiming to deepen your knowledge, this is a great opportunity to invest in your professional development alongside a global community.

🎟️ Finish all of the modules listed within at least one of the self-paced learning pathways below within Customer Academy during the event window to receive:
 ✨ 50% discount on any Databricks Certification
 ✨ 20% discount on a yearly Databricks Academy Labs subscription

💬 All Incentives will be distributed to the eligible participants on 06 February 2026, after the event has concluded. These incentives will be sent to the email associated with your Customer Academy account.

⚠️ Note: Please ensure every component of the course is marked as completed (including any course introduction sections) during the eligibility window to confirm your learning pathway is properly recorded and to qualify for the incentives.

Start exploring our learning pathways below!

LEARNING PATHWAY

CUSTOMER ACADEMY ENROLLMENT LINKS

LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING

QUALIFICATION CRITERIA:

Please complete all 4 modules from the Data Engineer Learning Plan
  1. Data Ingestion with Lakeflow Connect
  2. Deploy Workloads with Lakeflow Jobs
  3. Build Data Pipelines with Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines
  4. DevOps Essentials for Data Engineering

LEARNING PATHWAY 2: PROFESSIONAL DATA ENGINEERING

QUALIFICATION CRITERIA:

Please complete all 4 modules from the Data Engineer Learning Plan
  1. Databricks Streaming and Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines
  2. Databricks Data Privacy
  3. Databricks Performance Optimisation
  4. Automated Deployment with Databricks Asset Bundles

LEARNING PATHWAY 3: DATA ANALYSTS

QUALIFICATION CRITERIA:

Please complete both modules from the Data Analyst Learning Plan
  1. AI/BI for Data Analysts
  2. SQL Analytics on Databricks

LEARNING PATHWAY 4: ASSOCIATE ML PRACTITIONERS

QUALIFICATION CRITERIA:

Please complete all 4 modules from the Machine Learning Practitioner Learning Plan
  1. Data Preparation for Machine Learning
  2. Machine Learning Model Development
  3. Machine Learning Model Deployment
  4. Machine Learning Operations

LEARNING PATHWAY 5: PROFESSIONAL ML PRACTITIONERS

QUALIFICATION CRITERIA

Please complete both modules from the Machine Learning Practitioner Learning Plan
  1. Advanced Machine Learning Operations
  2. Machine Learning at Scale

LEARNING PATHWAY 6:  GENERATIVE AI ENGINEERING

QUALIFICATION CRITERIA:

Please complete all 4 modules from the Generative AI Engineering Learning Plan
  1. Generative AI Solution Development
  2. Generative AI Application Development
  3. Generative AI Application Evaluation and Governance 
  4. Generative AI Application Deployment and Monitoring

LEARNING PATHWAY 7:  APACHE SPARK DEVELOPER

QUALIFICATION CRITERIA:

Please complete all 4 modules from the Apache Spark™ Developer Learning Plan
  1. Introduction to Apache Spark™
  2. Developing Applications with Apache Spark™
  3. Stream Processing and Analytics with Apache Spark™
  4. Monitoring and Optimizing Apache Spark™ Workloads on Databricks

LEARNING PATHWAY 8:  DATA WAREHOUSING PRACTITIONER

QUALIFICATION CRITERIA:

Please complete all 3 modules from the Data Warehousing Practitioner Learning Plan
  1. Data Warehousing with Databricks
  2. SQL Programming and Procedural Logic in Databricks
  3. Data Modelling Strategies

Happy learning! 📚🎓🧑‍💻🧑‍

#Databricks #MachineLearning #DataEngineering #AI #GenerativeAI #DataAnalysis #Upskill #Certification #TechCareers #LearningFestival #DataScience #AICommunity #DatabricksAcademy #DataSkills #AITraining #LearntoEarn


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Start:
Fri, Jan 9, 2026 04:00 AM PST
End:
Sat, Jan 31, 2026 04:00 AM PST
1,940 Comments
Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to LinhPham
‎01-05-2026 09:17 AM

Yes, please feel free to start the courses now. So long as you finish the content during the time period, you'll be eligible for the incentives.

pradnyarn
Visitor II
‎01-04-2026 11:47 PM

Do we have to register with some link or from customer academy databricks(https://customer-academy.databricks.com/learn/courses) ? we have to complete courses during above window? also link which you share above for customer academy website is down seems.(showing that currently unavailable)

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to pradnyarn
‎01-05-2026 09:18 AM

You can follow the course enrolment links referenced within the table of the original post above to directly enrol into the relevant modules within Customer Academy.

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Kamma123
Visitor II
‎01-05-2026 03:27 AM

Thank you for this opportunity. Could you please confirm whether the voucher is applicable to any Databricks certification exam, irrespective of the learning path completed?

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to Kamma123
‎01-05-2026 09:19 AM

Yes, to confirm the voucher can be applied to any Databricks Certification, irrespective of the learning pathway completed 🙂 

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Lawrydesouza
New Contributor II
In response to Jim_Anderson
‎01-30-2026 10:29 PM

Can we pursue 2(two)  learning paths ?

Like I have completed two :  would i get vouchers for both ?

1- LEARNING PATHWAY 2: PROFESSIONAL DATA ENGINEERING 

2- LEARNING PATHWAY 7:  APACHE SPARK DEVELOPER

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m_timko
Visitor II
‎01-05-2026 03:28 AM

If I take an exam using the 50% discount and do not pass, am I allowed to participate in a future Learning Festival and use another 50% discount to retake the exam?

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to m_timko
‎01-05-2026 09:20 AM

Yes, providing you complete an alternative learning pathway within the future event (since we only log the initial date a learning pathway is completed)

sheshyo
New Contributor III
In response to Jim_Anderson
‎01-05-2026 09:25 AM

Hi Jim can you please confirm if we can access the notebooks from these series?

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datajib
New Contributor III
‎01-05-2026 04:25 AM

Thanks for sharing and give the feelings of doing something together! 😊👏
And very good motivation to achieve something in the first month of the year.👍

pgopi
New Contributor II
‎01-05-2026 09:27 AM

Hi @Jim_Anderson ,
I started the Apache Spark Developer course three days ago and have already completed two modules. Two modules are left. Will I be eligible if I complete at least one or both of the remaining modules between January 8 and January 31?

Thank you,

 

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to pgopi
‎01-06-2026 01:02 AM

Yes, so long as you complete the remaining modules between January 9 - 30, you will be included within the incentive distribution in early February

Rahul00
Visitor II
‎01-06-2026 04:38 AM

Hi guys , to be eligible for vouchers can I begin learning now ?

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to Rahul00
‎01-08-2026 01:25 AM

Yes, please just complete the modules between January 9 - 30

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NagaLakshmi
New Contributor III
‎01-06-2026 07:44 PM

Looking forward to start on the window time.

Orisky
Visitor II
‎01-06-2026 07:48 PM

Actually hoping the platform has been fixed. Went through a complete model for the October session, and did not get a voucher as thr system did not completely log it

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to Orisky
‎01-08-2026 01:24 AM

Could you share the email with your academy account so I can investigate this further? To clarify though, all elements of the module material need to be listed as completed for the completion to be captured

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Hemant_Tewatia
New Contributor II
‎01-07-2026 06:44 AM

My Pathway has 4 modules. To be eligible for the discount coupon, I can start the modules today, but I need to complete the 4th module between January 9 - January 30. Am I right?

urmilabhartal
Visitor II
In response to Hemant_Tewatia
‎01-07-2026 06:49 AM

same question i had

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to urmilabhartal
‎01-08-2026 01:23 AM

Yes, to confirm please complete the modules between January 09 - January 30 in order to qualify 🙂 

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