The things that drove all three was a combination of lawsuits, and maintenance. When you start 'INHERITING' code from someone, whom you thought was only an OK

The things that drove all three was a combination of lawsuits, and maintenance. When you start 'INHERITING' code from someone, whom you thought was only an OK developer, but has moved on to a better job, and you see the CRAP they leave behind, and you figure the amount of time you have to waste fixing their ganky code, it is easy to be bitter about the company not spending money upfront to ensure standards. Not that I am bitter :-)