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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

hi @Jim_Anderson ...I completed the learning pathway on data warehousing but yet to receive any mail on the voucher 

Please feel free to DM me the email associated with your academy account if not, and I'll investigate further 🙂

I have not yet recieved exam voucher

Abisheak
New Contributor II

Hi @Jim_Anderson 

I have received the badge for completion. But I didn't receive any voucher yet.

Kindly assist me to get the voucher.

Please feel free to DM me the email associated with your academy account if not, and I'll investigate further 🙂

Hi @Jim_Anderson,

Please find the email id associated with the academy account.

abibalki98@gmail.com

Abisheak
New Contributor II

Hi @Jim_Anderson ,

Still i haven't received any update.

Shashank_Kumar
Visitor II

Hi @Jim_Anderson , I have not received the voucher yet. Could you please check. 
Email is kumarshashank545@outlook.com

TicoBoy
Visitor II

Unfortunately, I did not get any Email or voucher. Is there a reason for that?

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee

Replied to your DM separately 🙂 

Jamesbond_007
Visitor II

@Jim_Anderson I just check my email and I didn't find any voucher either normal inbox and trash. Pleas investigate.

Replied to your DM separately 🙂 

AshutoshMore
New Contributor II

Hello, @Jim_Anderson , I have not received the voucher yet. Could you please check on your end?
Email: ashutoshmore7596@gmail.com

Unfortunatley only the Data Preparation for Machine Learning module is shown as completed for the associate ML learning pathway

SuhasB
Visitor II

Hi @Jim_Anderson, I completed all 4 modules of Data Engineer Associate learning pathway. But I didn't receive the voucher yet. Could you please check. Email : suhassaibadam@gmail.com

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee

You received the email earlier today, but I'll DM you the code again for your reference 🙂 

DbaGeo
Visitor II

Hi @Jim_Anderson, I completed all 4 modules of Data Engineer Associate learning pathway. But I didn't receive the voucher yet. Could you please check. Email : uepa.pap@gmail.com

Godfrey
Visitor II

Good day I haven’t received the discount voucher 

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee

please DM me with the email associated with your account so I can investigate further, thanks

where_lucho
Visitor II

Hi @Jim_Anderson I did complete my learning path and after I check my inbox there is no voucher :(. Could you please help me? Email: luisf.castroc.1995@gmail.com