I was viewing isocpp.org for some guide for c++ beginners, and ran into this paragraph that moved me a little bit:

A word of warning: Nearly every software engineer has, at some point, been exploited by someone who used coding standards as a “power play.” Dogmatism over minutiae is the purview of the intellectually weak. Don’t be like them. These are those who can’t contribute in any meaningful way, who can’t actually improve the value of the software product, so instead of exposing their incompetence through silence, they blather with zeal about nits. They can’t add value in the substance of the software, so they argue over form. Just because “they” do that doesn’t mean coding standards are bad, however.

The author must experienced something like working with people described as above. In fact, I think it is not only specific for software industry, but also for all.