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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 n_anand
‎01-12-2026 12:33 AM

Within the user menu in the top left of academy, you can select the My Transcript option. From there, you can verify that all modules within Learning Pathway 2 are listed as completed, with the completion date for at least one of the modules being since January 9 🙂 

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techronnan
Contributor II
‎01-09-2026 06:27 AM

As always, I'm here to say, let's share and reach as many people as possible!! Go Databricks!

@techronnan
Data Engineering • Tech • AI — Insights that Transform

@ronnanlimadataeng
Data • Tech • AI — Insights that Transform
aarora25
Visitor II
‎01-09-2026 07:12 AM

If I completed one module earlier out of 4, can I retake it and complete all 4, will I be eligible for the discount coupon for cert? 

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to aarora25
‎01-12-2026 12:34 AM

You'd just need to complete the remaining three modules between now and January 30 to qualify for the incentive! 🙂 

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germano
New Contributor III
‎01-09-2026 09:04 AM

For those who took the course last October, but did't finish. Needs to take the entire course again or only the lesson that are missing ?

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to germano
‎01-12-2026 12:34 AM

only the elements which are missing 🙂 

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leina
Visitor II
‎01-09-2026 09:19 AM

how can i get the links of the classes?

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to leina
‎01-12-2026 12:35 AM

Please note - these are not classes, but self-paced videos. You can access any of them through the hyperlinks in the table of the original post 🙂 

zamaart
New Contributor II
‎01-09-2026 11:09 AM

It's free this event?

germano
New Contributor III
In response to zamaart
‎01-09-2026 12:03 PM

Yes, it's. You are going to pay to take the exam, but classes are free.

zamaart
New Contributor II
In response to germano
‎01-09-2026 12:42 PM

Thank you so much!

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406597
New Contributor II
‎01-09-2026 01:27 PM

Once the modules are completed, do we need to send an email / screenshot to review our completed activity? Or it would be reviewed automatically after Feb 6?

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to 406597
‎01-12-2026 12:35 AM

It will be reviewed automatically and incentives will be distributed to all eligible participants via the email addresses associated with their Customer Academy accounts 🙂 

psangang
New Contributor II
‎01-09-2026 01:33 PM

When trying to start labuser cluster I only see serverless and do not see lab user and where can I get lab content to run those commands? I have registered for free account.

KrishnaS1
New Contributor
In response to psangang
‎01-10-2026 03:38 PM

hello, how did you start the lab. can u pls tell me. I am taking Data analyst pathway

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psangang
New Contributor II
In response to KrishnaS1
‎01-10-2026 04:53 PM

Even, I was not able too do lab Krishna and thats what im checking or posting questions related to. Even, I need to do lab work.

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to psangang
‎01-12-2026 12:37 AM

There is no formal requirement to complete the labs as part of this event, only the self-paced videos. If you'd like to practice the content within the labs, we'll be providing a 20% discount on the Databricks Academy Labs subscription to all participants on Feb 06.

psangang
New Contributor II
In response to Jim_Anderson
‎01-13-2026 09:59 AM

It doesnt make any sense to have this without access to Lab to be honest Jim. Without hands on whats the point of this pathway.

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to psangang
‎01-12-2026 12:38 AM

Our training content is exclusively available through a Databricks Academy Labs subscription. We'll be providing a 20% discount code to participants after the event has concluded on February 6

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mact35
New Contributor II
‎01-09-2026 07:49 PM

Hi.

I finished the "LEARNING PATHWAY 7:  APACHE SPARK DEVELOPER"