Maybe this is obvious, but if my name were attached to well-known public OSS code, I'd definitely put forward more effort to ensure it's of as high quality as p

Maybe this is obvious, but if my name were attached to well-known public OSS code, I'd definitely put forward more effort to ensure it's of as high quality as possible. Within a company you can write somewhat crappy code and have your close team members review it, and honestly there isn't much at stake as long as it works and you haven't done anything egregious. But yeah, you don't get promoted for following the style guide.