I was very much this way in school, it worked out okay, but after graduation I did learn from experience that there is a big transition into the workplace aroun

I was very much this way in school, it worked out okay, but after graduation I did learn from experience that there is a big transition into the workplace around this: as a student deadlines are basically immutable, and your professor doesn't care for updates that you're behind schedule, you just have to figure it out. In the workplace it's the opposite: communicating clearly with your team about progress towards goals or deadlines is really important! As a manager, this is something I make sure to cover/be aware of with more recently graduated hires, as I've noticed many others are just like I was and would tend to just soldier quietly on towards the deadline.