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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
pat_miranda
Visitor II
‎02-09-2026 04:36 AM

 

I have completed all the module 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?

Email: patricia.junqueira11@gmail.com

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to pat_miranda
‎02-09-2026 05:42 AM

Unfortunately none of the modules are listed as completed under your Customer Academy account

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Chin3du
Visitor II
‎02-09-2026 04:48 AM

Yet to receive a voucher. 

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Chin3du
Visitor II
‎02-09-2026 04:53 AM

@Jim_Anderson , I am yet to receive a voucher. 
email: colchinedu@gmail.com

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to Chin3du
‎02-09-2026 05:45 AM

unfortunately none of the modules are listed as completed under your account

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Chin3du
Visitor II
In response to Jim_Anderson
‎02-09-2026 06:38 AM

I have completed all the courses in the DATA WAREHOUSING PRACTITIONER Path individually but it seems they were not registered as being enrolled in the path. Please kindly check. 

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Chin3du
Visitor II
In response to Chin3du
‎02-09-2026 08:34 AM

@Jim_Anderson 
I have completed all the courses in the DATA WAREHOUSING PRACTITIONER Path individually but it seems they were not registered as being enrolled in the path. Please kindly check. 
I also completed the Associated Machine Learbning Path but the progress did not refresh but showed completion of the past. 

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CodeGeek
Visitor II
‎02-09-2026 05:42 AM

@Jim_Anderson The support team 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. Please update on this and refer to my previous mail
Email : dipandebnath23@gmail.com

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to CodeGeek
‎02-09-2026 05:47 AM

Unfortunately it looks like the Generative AI Application Deployment and Monitoring module was completed on February 04, outside of the eligibility window

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CodeGeek
Visitor II
In response to Jim_Anderson
‎02-09-2026 06:29 AM

I had dropped an mail regarding this completion issue to the support team by 30th Jan itself and they have reverted back on 4th Feb. So why I have to suffer for this issue even though I  have completed all modules by 30th Jan , please refer the screenshots.

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CodeGeek
Visitor II
In response to CodeGeek
‎02-09-2026 06:32 AM

@Jim_Anderson  please update on this

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poojasalvi-cega
Visitor II
‎02-09-2026 05:42 AM

Hi,

I have completed all the modules from Learning Pathway 1 and haven't received a voucher. It's associated with the account poojasalvi.13@gmail.com

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to poojasalvi-cega
‎02-09-2026 05:48 AM

Unfortunately you only completed the first module, Data Ingestion with Lakeflow Connect, of the associate DE learning pathway.

As per the post, you needed to complete all four modules within the learning pathway to prepare for the certification and qualify for the incentive.

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
‎02-09-2026 05:49 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! 🙂 

harsha_wagh
New Contributor II
‎02-09-2026 06:06 AM

I have also completed the databricks data analyst learning path. I havent recieved the voucher 

harsha_wagh_2-1770645955569.png

email: harshawagh0210@gmail.com

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to harsha_wagh
‎02-09-2026 07:40 AM

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

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Hashfaq1
Visitor II
‎02-09-2026 07:23 AM

Hi @Jim_Anderson,
I already completed the full course PROFESSIONAL DATA ENGINEERING in January 2026, but I haven't received the 50% certification discount.
Could you please look into it?

I would appreciate your support.

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to Hashfaq1
‎02-09-2026 07:40 AM

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

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tabcs
Visitor II
In response to Jim_Anderson
‎02-16-2026 09:21 AM

Olá, por favor, 

Completei todos os módulos CAMINHO DE APRENDIZAGEM 1: ENGENHARIA DE DADOS ASSOCIADO e MAS NÃO RECEBI NENHUM VOUCHER EM NENHUM LUGAR LOCAL

E-mail: analistathiego@hotmail.com

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TiagoABLCardoso
New Contributor II
‎02-09-2026 07:33 AM

Hello every one! 

I was having the same problem with the discount not being sent. Until I realized that my gmail sent the email to  "promotions" tab as shown bellow. 

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I hope this can help someone.