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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
joedigeronimo
New Contributor II
‎02-02-2026 07:42 AM

Hi Jim Anderson,
I received email saying that I was ineligible for the vouchers because I did not complete the courses in time.  I did complete the DATA WAREHOUSING PRACTITIONER PATHWAY on time.  I completed all three required classes by Jan. 26.
Attached are certificates.

Please reinstate me for incentives.

Thank you,
Joe

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to joedigeronimo
‎02-02-2026 09:53 AM

Sorry, could you share details of the email? We haven't distirbuted any of the vouchers yet - all of them will be distirbuted on Feb 06

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psangang
New Contributor II
In response to Jim_Anderson
‎02-02-2026 10:22 AM

@Jim_Anderson I have not received any email with voucher and I did verify that I completed 4 modules by 29th Jan. I also have the certitificates which I downloaded. PFA. Could you Kindly check and confirm.

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
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In response to psangang
‎02-03-2026 12:24 AM

None of the emails have been distributed yet - as per the post, all vouchers will be distributed on Feb 06

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Ícaro
New Contributor II
‎02-02-2026 12:04 PM

[No problem here]

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Ícaro
New Contributor II
In response to Ícaro
‎02-02-2026 12:39 PM

Actually, I''ve just seen the note stating that "All incentives will be distributed to eligible participants on 06 February 2026, after the event has concluded." Please ignore my previous message.

MarcosEngineer
New Contributor II
‎02-02-2026 12:45 PM

já tinha estudado uma parte do conteúdo, porém finalizei na época do evento o modulo completo, valido, certo ? Preciso muito de mais uma certificação e do meu voucher 

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Jim_Anderson
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In response to MarcosEngineer
‎02-03-2026 12:23 AM

To reiterate, each individual is limited to one voucher per event and all vouchers will be distributed on February 06

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Newsha99
Visitor II
‎02-02-2026 01:45 PM

@Jim_Anderson Will there be another one of these events soon? Im afraid I missed this one.

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to Newsha99
‎02-03-2026 12:23 AM

Yes, we'll be running the event again in April 🙂 

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josemanueldev
Visitor II
‎02-02-2026 02:08 PM

I didn't receive anything :c IDK why and I've already completed all the modules about data engineer associate 

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anybody know in which part of the academy can see my voucher maybe 

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to josemanueldev
‎02-03-2026 12:22 AM

As stated in the post, all vouchers will be distributed on February 06.

It will be distributed to the email associated with your academy account

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yrflores
Visitor II
‎02-02-2026 03:04 PM

Hola buenas tardes, termine los cursos indicados, pero no me ha llegado aun el voucher de descuento, por favor su ayuda. Gracias

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to yrflores
‎02-03-2026 12:22 AM

As stated in the post, all vouchers will be distributed on February 06

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CodeGeek
Visitor II
‎02-02-2026 07:35 PM

@Jim_Anderson  I have already completed 4 modules for GENERATIVE AI ENGINEERING still the last module "Generative AI Application Deployment and Monitoring" has all sections completed but it is still showing in progress overall and all this is done by 30th January,2026 in event window . Please can you look into this and provide me discount coupon on 6th Feb.

I have also posted the same with screenshot in my previous comment posted here

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
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In response to CodeGeek
‎02-03-2026 12:21 AM

To reiterate, there is no need to comment in this thread - all vouchers will be automatically distributed to each eligible participant on Feb 06 🙂 

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singh_munendra
New Contributor II
‎02-03-2026 12:38 AM

Hi @Jim_Anderson & Databricks Team,

Thank you for your continued dedication in providing such a valuable learning platform.

I truly appreciate the effort you put into keeping learners informed about the upcoming Learning Festival—it’s an incredible opportunity to engage, grow, and explore new knowledge.

As a learner, I find it inspiring to keep discovering new things. Continuous learning is the key to personal and professional growth, and your initiatives make that journey even more rewarding.

Thanks again,

Munendra

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to singh_munendra
‎02-03-2026 05:55 AM

Thanks for the feedback, Munendra! I hope you enjoyed the materiel 🙂 

Bartek_Vor
Visitor II
‎02-03-2026 12:46 AM

Hi,
On 29th January I passed "AI/BI for Data Analysts" module, but did not click on Feedback, so the module was not marked as completed.
I passed also SQL Analytics on Databricks on 30th and filled up Feedback and finally I expected to pass whole LEARNING PATHWAY 3: DATA ANALYSTS path, but on 2nd February I saw that "AI/BI for Data Analysts" was not completed. Do I get discount on exam ?

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Anandakrishnan6
Visitor II
‎02-03-2026 02:40 AM

Hi , I had completed the self paced learning festival , but didn't get the voucher yet .

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