I've never been given a design doc to implement (though I prefer to code, so sometimes I wish I had). I've always been expected to do the research and figure ou

I've never been given a design doc to implement (though I prefer to code, so sometimes I wish I had). I've always been expected to do the research and figure out the design for myself. Sometimes I ask people to fill in parts of a design doc that I know they'll be implementing. This ensures they are aware of the design, it's correct, I haven't missed some critical details, and they have essentially written the design for their own work. Occasionally I've had a design review where a higher-up has said "this is why we aren't going to do it that way". I've always been given a reasonable reason (not always one I agree with, but reasonable). I've always been the one to re-write the design in these cases.