I thought I read somewhere that a BA degree in the UK is 3 years? If you only have another year or 2 to go before you are granted a BA it might be advantagous to your distant future to finish off that degree one step above an Associates.
Like investing in retirement, investing in your education is not always about immediate return and gratification. It’s very possible and likely that you may never have a chance to return and finish off your degree once you start working in the industry. And if you’ve ever considered the possibility of working in another country or a place like hollywood, there’s no reason to close off your options now.
Sure the industry is all about the reel, but life is not. The smaller contract studios may just need someone good enough to hit the ground running for the project, but some larger places looking for fulltime staff may be a bit more picky about who they hire for the long haul.