I never really thought about it until I received an email from Microsoft welcoming me to the MCP program - yep...while trying to upgrade my MCSD, I gained the MCAD. :-)

Looking over my transcript, I took my first test (VB 3) in June of 1995.  I received my original MCSD in January 96.  I upgraded my cert to VB4 in December 96.  In November of 97, I upgraded my cert to VB5.  I took both VB6 exams in 99.