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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
Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to LoneRonin47
‎02-07-2026 10:58 AM

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

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klindata44
Visitor II
‎02-07-2026 06:02 AM

Hi @Jim_Anderson ,

I have completed all four modules of the Associate Data Engineering learning plan and am still waiting for the voucher. I would greatly appreciate it if you could please look into this.

Here is my email: dataengklin88@outlook.com

Thank you in advance2026-02-07 09_00_02-Greenshot.png

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to klindata44
‎02-07-2026 10:59 AM

Unfortunately it looks like the modules were all completed on February 01, outside of the cutoff for the incentives for this event. Please make sure to participate in our next event in April if you'd like to qualify.

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kshivapr
Visitor II
‎02-07-2026 06:52 AM

I haven't received my voucher yet.

 email: kaushal.shivaprakashan@gmail.com

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to kshivapr
‎02-07-2026 11:00 AM

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

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deepika_trikona
Visitor II
‎02-07-2026 06:53 AM

hi @Jim_Anderson ,

i have completed the learning path but i did not receive the voucher. Can i please get help on this.

Thank you.

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to deepika_trikona
‎02-07-2026 11:00 AM

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

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Sakya
Visitor II
‎02-07-2026 06:54 AM

I have completed all four modules of the Associate Data Engineering learning plan and am still waiting for the voucher. I would greatly appreciate it if you could please look into this.

Here is my email: sakyasingh@hotmail.com

Thank you in advance

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to Sakya
‎02-07-2026 11:01 AM

Unfortunately both the Build Data Pipelines with Lakeflow Spark Declarative Pipelines and DevOps Essentials for Data Engineering modules are showing as in progress 

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AlekhyaS
Visitor II
‎02-07-2026 07:24 AM

I did not receive any coupon yet.

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Akhil34892
Visitor II
‎02-07-2026 08:19 AM

Hello @Jim_Anderson 

I hope you’re doing well.

I participated in the Self-Paced Learning Festival (Jan 09 – Jan 30, 2026) and successfully completed all four modules under the Associate Data Engineering learning pathway within the event window. All course components, including introductions, are marked as completed in the Customer Academy.

As mentioned in the announcement, incentives were scheduled to be distributed on 06 February 2026 to the email associated with the Customer Academy account. However, I haven’t yet received the 50% Databricks Certification discount voucher.

Could you please let me know if there is any additional verification needed from my side or if the voucher distribution is still in progress?

Thank you for organizing the learning festival and for your support.

Best regards,
Akhil

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to Akhil34892
‎02-07-2026 11:04 AM

Hello Akhil, I hope you're doing well too! Please note we completed the distribution of all vouchers on February 06. All eligible participants should have an email with the subject Thank you for participating in the Databricks Virtual Learning Festival! in the inbox associated with their customer academy account.

If you can't locate this in either your inbox or spam folder, please DM me the email associated with your academy account so I can investigate further, thanks! 🙂 

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nandeep93
Visitor II
‎02-07-2026 08:33 AM

Hi @Jim_Anderson  - I've completed the LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING, but haven't received voucher. Here is my email - nandeepp13@gmail.com

 

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to nandeep93
‎02-07-2026 11:04 AM

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

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tabcs
Visitor II
‎02-07-2026 09:30 AM

Puxa vida, não recebi o e-mail, e agora ? O que faço?

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to tabcs
‎02-07-2026 11:05 AM

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

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uwayodev
New Contributor II
In response to Jim_Anderson
‎02-08-2026 12:35 AM

Hi  Jim_Anderson,

I have finished all four modules in Learning Path 2: Professional 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?
My Databricks learning account is uwayo2006@gmail.com 
Best regards,

Uwayo Jacques

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NitinPTakalkar
Visitor II
In response to Jim_Anderson
‎02-08-2026 10:03 AM

@Jim_Anderson 

My email id is nitinptakalkar@gmail.com Please send me the Exam voucher.

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saurabh2010
Visitor II
‎02-07-2026 09:49 AM

Yet to receive the voucher (learning pathway was already completed prior to 30 Jan). Any process to address this?

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to saurabh2010
‎02-07-2026 11:05 AM

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

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