Sun Certifications are nice to have on your resume. However, don't get your hopes up and think that it will be your automatic ticket to employment. Employers primarily look at experience to determine qualified candidates. A developer with 2 years of experience and no certifications will be preferred over a recent graduate with a SCJP,
SCJD, SCWCD...
However, there are still benefits to getting your SCJP. For instance, it will likely make you a better programmer. If you study seriously for the SCJP (not just cram for it) you will learn many things about the
Java language that you probably were never exposed to in
college.
“Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.” - Rich Cook