I have a value of "whoever has the highest standards in a room is the leader". The part where the new guys want to use good form, but are quashed, rang true to me. It's extremely frustrating when an underling wants to improve a process, but management has artificially low standards without good reason. It's a big motivator to start your own business, because no1 can fly as high as you can, when you're doing something you are passionate about. I never want to turn into the guy who crushes good ideas, unless maybe because of temporary time constraints.<p>The other thing that annoys me is when someone "does something in the name of good standards", but it doesn't fit, is not needed, is over-engineered, and hurts moral of people working on that code; because they are just not able to think for themselves, or it wasn't their idea, so they leap to standards as their authority, when it is too far a cry. They are posers to me. Its like when someone is a beginner in thinking for themselves, and are slaves to accepted "norms", or even a beginner in humility, when they have to have their own way, and cannot accept another, because they think managers have to have all the good ideas, not the best ability to lead.