How I learned to love coding standards:

Programmers tend to be independent. Some programmers, especially neophytes (with little exposure to team programming efforts or little experience using other people's code), tend to see coding standards as a strait-jacket which imposes evil, creativity-crushing restrictions on their spontaneity and inventiveness. Not so. Architects and carpenters agree on units of measure, blueprint conventions, reasonable building codes, and dimensional lumber standards without inhibiting creativity. I don't want to live in a house built by someone who thought they had no need to conform to accepted standards for safety and usability, and you probably don't either. The same goes for using other people's software and hardware designs. Properly applied, reasonable standards make everyone's job easier and even more fun.