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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
1,939 Comments
smkhosla
Visitor II
In response to Jim_Anderson
‎02-08-2026 08:49 AM

Jim, there has to be some glitch. I saw the word 'completed' on all 4 modules. I have no way to prove this but that is a fact. This am when I checked one slide was showing pending on the 'Automated Deployment with Databricks Asset Bundles module' which was not the case on 1/30/2026.  Not sure if you can assist with this glitch. I appreciate your attention to this matter. My email again is smkhosla@yahoo.com.

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RRMgr
Visitor II
‎02-07-2026 05:08 PM

Haven't received any voucher .

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to RRMgr
‎02-08-2026 05:44 AM

DM'd separately 🙂 

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meena_doan
Visitor II
‎02-07-2026 05:45 PM

Thanks Jim, I checked my email and found the discount code. It was mixed in with many emails, so you can look for the subject line: "Thank you for participating in the Databricks Virtual Learning Festival!". Thank you @Jim_Anderson  for your support.

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to meena_doan
‎02-08-2026 05:45 AM

You're welcome! I'm glad you found it. Best of luck with the certification 🙂

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Srishti_12
Visitor II
‎02-07-2026 08:44 PM

I have completed the Data Analyst Module , but i didnt receive any coupons out there 
can you help me with that

regards

srishti budholia

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to Srishti_12
‎02-08-2026 05:45 AM

Please DM me the email associated with your academy account so I can investigate, thanks! 🙂 

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tomassantos484
New Contributor
‎02-07-2026 09:07 PM

Hi @Jim_Anderson, I completed the modules under LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING during the Learning Festival Period, yet I did not receive my vouchers even after checking all of my folders. I have attached a screenshot.

Could you please verify? My email is tomassantos484@gmail.com. Thank you so much in advance.

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to tomassantos484
‎02-08-2026 05:45 AM

It looks like the email was sent on Feb 06, but I will share again for your reference 🙂

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benniboi10
Visitor II
‎02-07-2026 11:34 PM

Hello @Jim_Anderson!

I have also completed the 4 learning modules for LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING by January 30 and I still not have received the voucher.
My email used in databricks academy is seanestera@gmail.com, I hope you can investigate this. Thanks!

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to benniboi10
‎02-08-2026 05:46 AM

It looks like the email was sent on Feb 06, but I will share again for your reference 🙂

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HARIHARAN_P
Visitor II
‎02-08-2026 03:19 AM

Hello Team,

 

I participated in the Self-Paced Learning Festival and have successfully completed Pathways 4, 5, and 6 in Databricks Academy within the event period. All modules and labs are marked as completed in my transcript.

 

I would like to know when and how I can receive the 50% certification voucher. Could you please help me check my eligibility?

 

Thank you.

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to HARIHARAN_P
‎02-08-2026 05:47 AM

All vouchers were distributed to eligible participants on Feb 06. If you haven't received it, please DM me the email associated with your academy account so I can investigate, thanks! 🙂 

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nowikwang
New Contributor
‎02-08-2026 03:28 AM

Hi Jim_Anderson,

I have finished all four modules in

LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING

within the time limit. However, I haven't received the voucher in my email yet.

Could you please let me know when I should expect to receive it?

Best regards,

Nowik

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to nowikwang
‎02-08-2026 05:47 AM

Hello Nowik, all vouchers were distributed on Feb 06. If you haven't received it, please DM me the email associated with your academy account so I can investigate, thanks! 🙂 

ihabelattar
New Contributor
In response to Jim_Anderson
‎02-13-2026 07:20 AM

Hi Jim.

I have not received the voucher. I completed the engineering associate track before the 30th. Please see attached screen. ihab.elattar@york.ca

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dbp1
Visitor II
‎02-08-2026 03:43 AM

I have completed three models within the time Fram and not received any voucher for any model.

LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING

LEARNING PATHWAY 2: professional DATA ENGINEERING

LEARNING PATHWAY 2: DATA ANALYSTS

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to dbp1
‎02-08-2026 05:48 AM

Please DM me the email associated with your academy account so I can investigate, thanks! 🙂 

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
‎02-08-2026 05:48 AM

As a reminder

  • All incentives have now been distributed to eligible participants
  • Please check the inbox and spam folder for the address associated with your Databricks Customer Academy account
  • The email will have the subject: Thank you for participating in the Databricks Virtual Learning Festival!
  • The email will contain your unique 50% discount code, valid on any Databricks Certification until 02 May 2026

If you have not received the email and believe you have met the eligibility criteria, please Directly Message me so I can investigate further.

Please ensure you provide the email associated with your Customer Academy account - I will need this to investigate the issue.

Thank you! 🙂 

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dbp1
Visitor II
In response to Jim_Anderson
‎02-08-2026 08:33 AM

I checked all my folders nothing yet.

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