I agree. If I were faced with a high-profile architecture problem of my own at work I'd definitely solicit opinions from my friends before making my formal pro

I agree. If I were faced with a high-profile architecture problem of my own at work I'd definitely solicit opinions from my friends before making my formal proposal. That said I'd probably put together a rough sketch of my own design and then send it to my friends for a sanity check rather than asking them to build it for me from scratch.