[stefanmichael]

Generally as a senior dev part of your job description is to figure the details out. Not have them provided for you.

As a jr or early mid level you can expect to have the majority of the details ironed out and nicely laid out for you to work on, but someone at some point had to actually figure it out and put it in the ticket. Whether that is you or someone else likely depends on your level, the stage of the company, etc.

edit: anyone who is downvoting this, please leave a comment with where you disagree. i'm unsure if i'm being received negatively on content or on tone

[majewsky]

I agree with your assessment, having experienced a gradual shift from junior to senior myself.

As for why the downvotes, hypothesis 1: People might misconstrue your position as "senior ICs are supposed to design the system entirely on their own". I understand you as "management provides the direction and some design constraints, seniors fill in the details, juniors just implement specifications from the seniors", which matches my experience.

Hypothesis 2: Maybe it's a culture thing? I'm guessing from your user name that you're from Europe, and I'm from Germany. Maybe the downvoters are literally coming from a different place? (Don't know how it would be different over there though.)

[codenesium]

Generally the details have been sorted out at some level otherwise how did you estimate it? And the ticket was likely estimated 2 months ago and you may not have been a part of that. I prefer a ticket with as much detail as possible so I'm not making the wrong assumptions.

[TheFunkyMonk]

Of course there are details to figure out. Why wouldn't I want all the information from design and other teams in front of me when I'm figuring those details out? I'm struggling to see why a detailed ticket is a bad thing.

[reificator]

> anyone who is downvoting this, please leave a comment with where you disagree. i'm unsure if i'm being received negatively on content or on tone

I would, but that's a detail that a senior dev like yourself should be able to figure out without people just providing it for you.