A key highlight of the MongoDB Skillathon is the opportunity for students to earn official MongoDB Skill Badges. These badges are free, focused credentials specifically designed to help individuals rapidly acquire and validate targeted MongoDB skills. Each badge earned serves as a tangible recognition of a student's growing expertise, enhancing their skillset and ultimately enabling them and their teams to accelerate and optimize application development and operations. The estimated time commitment for earning each badge is approximately 60 to 90 minutes, making it an efficient and rewarding learning experience.

The MongoDB Basics badge is a great place for students to start learning database fundamentals. They’ll learn about different types of databases, the role of schemas and data models, and how a distributed database architecture supports scalability and availability. They’ll do a deep dive into the document model and deploy a MongoDB Atlas cluster. After learning the basics, students can earn additional badges on topics like generative AI, data modeling, querying, and security.