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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
luisg828
New Contributor II

Hi @Jim_AndersonI have not received the voucher for the 50% off. This is my email: luisjorgegonzalez828@gmail.com

luisg828
New Contributor II

@Jim_Anderson never mind. I found the voucher. Thank you!

No problem - congrats! 🙂 

DE_Professional
Visitor II

@Jim_Anderson,I have completed the course but have not received any coupon.

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

ravimarch
Visitor II

Hi Jim,

I had completed all 4 modules from associate data engineering.

Appreciate if you can verify, if i am eligible for discount voucher?

Email: ravi.march@gmail.com

Regards,

Ravi

 

Hi Ravi, unfortunately the Build Data Pipelines with Lakeflow Spark Declarative Pipelines module is still in progress, so the associate DE learning pathway is still incomplete

bobster
New Contributor

Not received the 50% discount code yet - is this sent from Databricks email address? When did these all go out?

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee

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.

@Jim1 my email for the GenAI course is: asthesearises@gmail.com

Sravani1
New Contributor II

I did not receive the discount coupon even after completing all module of  ASSOCIATE ML PRACTITIONERS.

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

kn2207cloud
Visitor II

Hi @Jim_Anderson -

  • Completed the pathway "LEARNING PATHWAY 3: DATA ANALYSTS" on 01/30.
  • Yet to receive vouchers.

Please advise.

Thank you,

Kamal.

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

fundat
New Contributor III

HI,

I finished the LEARNING PATHWAY 8:  DATA WAREHOUSING PRACTITIONER.

Can I receive the coupon for Databricks Certification please ?

Thank you.

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee

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

fundat
New Contributor III

Hi @Jim_Anderson , I sent you a message.

CodeGeek
Visitor II

Hi @Jim_Anderson , thanks for the response. But I have already the module by 30th Jan, 2026 in the event period. There was a technical glitch showing in progress of the module even though all sections were completed.

So, I had raised the request on 30th Jan to the Databricks support team to fix it and they reverted back by 4th showing completion of the module. Please refer the screenshot for the same and update on the event voucher.
Email Id : dipandebnath23@gmail.com

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I'm sorry, but unfortunately we only provisioned vouchers for the accounts that initially completed one of the eligible learning pathways during the event.

Did the support team provide an explanation for what has caused the glitch?

@Jim_Anderson They haven't provided such explanation but I have completed it within given timeframe. So why am I not eligible for it if there is any issue with the Databricks platform