Which is exactly why it would be so valuable to have that code in the open.
I know I'm repeating myself but I still think the interations between OpenWRT and the Chinese firmware vendor that was pushing Linksys firmware upstream is a valuable example of why open source is valuable in this context even if you are not intimately involved in the development, testing, or inspection of such code. Public code by its nature requires more scrutiny and its harder to get people to accept something broken or poorly written when they can see just how bad it is.
If you want to develop awful coding habits, only work with people who never develop free software. If you want to have really good habits, work in a very popular free software community, because when your work is in the open like that and everyone is a volunteer nobody is going to put up with crap.
I know I'm repeating myself but I still think the interations between OpenWRT and the Chinese firmware vendor that was pushing Linksys firmware upstream is a valuable example of why open source is valuable in this context even if you are not intimately involved in the development, testing, or inspection of such code. Public code by its nature requires more scrutiny and its harder to get people to accept something broken or poorly written when they can see just how bad it is.
If you want to develop awful coding habits, only work with people who never develop free software. If you want to have really good habits, work in a very popular free software community, because when your work is in the open like that and everyone is a volunteer nobody is going to put up with crap.