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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
RisabhRawat
New Contributor
4 weeks ago

Till now i didn't recieve my 50% voucher. 

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to RisabhRawat
4 weeks ago

please DM me with the email associated with your Customer Academy account so I can investigate, thanks 🙂 

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RisabhRawat
New Contributor
In response to Jim_Anderson
3 weeks ago

rishabh1.uts@gmail.com

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RisabhRawat
New Contributor
In response to RisabhRawat
2 weeks ago

Any Updates Regarding this 

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trw
Visitor II
4 weeks ago

I have completed all the ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING courses but I have not received the voucher. Thanks ab.ghorbani28@gmail.com

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to trw
3 weeks ago

unfortunately none of the modules are listed as completed on your account. Please note, all elements of the course content need to be reviewed in order for the completion to be captured.

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abhishek2k11
New Contributor II
4 weeks ago

Hi Team, I completed one module I.e Generative Ai engineer.

but I yet to get the exam voucher. 

Abhishek 

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to abhishek2k11
3 weeks ago

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

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abhishek2k11
New Contributor II
In response to Jim_Anderson
3 weeks ago

I just sent you. 

Thanks

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eareyesga
New Contributor
3 weeks ago

Hi @Jim_Anderson y @StephanieAlba, as requested, the email associated with my Customer Academy account is: eareyesga@gmail.com. I have completed all the required courses and am still awaiting the 50% certification voucher. I would appreciate your support in reviewing my case and confirming the status. For your reference, I have attached evidence of course completion in the file certificado_completitud de cursos.jpg 

Thank you in advance.

 
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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to eareyesga
3 weeks ago

Unfortunately it appears all of the modules were completed prior to the event, with the final module having been completed on 19 December 2025. Please note only learning pathway completions during the event qualified for the incentives distributed on February 6.

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Rajender
Visitor II
3 weeks ago

Hi Team, 
Attempted spark developer exam but failed, but not sure how to get actual score from Databricks.
Calculated against exam info result says 74%, as per my knowledge 70% is the pass.
Not sure how to proceed and get actual metrics from Databrick. Any help is appreciated.

What I scored:

Apache Spark Architecture and Components: 90%
Using Spark SQL: 85%
Developing Apache Spark™ DataFrame/DataSet API Applications: 64%
Troubleshooting and Tuning Apache Spark DataFrame API Applications: 50%
Structured Streaming: 80%
Using Spark Connect to deploy applications: 50%
Using Pandas API on Spark: 100%

This exam covers:

Apache Spark Architecture and Components - 20%
Using Spark SQL - 20%
Developing Apache Spark™ DataFrame/DataSet API Applications - 30%
Troubleshooting and Tuning Apache Spark DataFrame API Applications - 10%
Structured Streaming - 10%
Using Spark Connect to deploy applications - 5%
Using Pandas API on Apache Spark - 5%

Regards,
Raj

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AbhiKumar
New Contributor II
2 weeks ago

Hi @Jim_Anderson  ,

I would like to sincerely thank you and the entire Databricks team for providing the self-learning kit and exam voucher. With the help of these resources, I was able to successfully pass the Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate exam in February. 

I am currently working towards completing the Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional exam as the next step in my learning journey.

 

 

 

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to AbhiKumar
yesterday

Congratulations! I'm so glad you enjoyed the event. Best of luck preparing for the professional certification 🙂 

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Dharmakr
Visitor II
Monday

@Jim_Anderson I received the 50% discount code in Feb in my email. I'm trying to enroll for my certification but i could not find my email, looks like i lost the email. is it possible to resend my code ? email id: dharmakrishna@gmail.com

Thanks

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to Dharmakr
yesterday

I will share it again for your reference 🙂

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Naveen14k
Visitor II
Monday

@Jim_Anderson , I completed my courses during the learning festival and got the voucher over the email as well. But unfortunately by mistake I deleted the voucher email. Can you please retrigger the voucher e-mail to naveenkumar15101996@gmail.com

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to Naveen14k
yesterday

I will share it again for your reference 🙂

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trw
Visitor II
yesterday

@Jim_Anderson I received the 50% discount code in Feb in my email. I'm trying to enroll for my certification, but i could not find my email, looks like i lost the email. is it possible to resend my code? Email ID: ab.ghorbani28@gmail.com

Thanks

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syam562
Visitor II
yesterday

HI @Jim_Anderson ,

I hope you are doing well.

I recently completed my courses during the Learning Festival and received a voucher via email. Unfortunately, I mistakenly used a voucher that I did not intend to use, and I no longer have access to the original voucher details.

Could you please assist in reissuing or re-triggering the voucher email to syam562@gmail.com?

I would greatly appreciate your help in resolving this.

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