It's nice how you are telling the OP to just learn to write nice code and then you support it by anecdote about how others taught you to write nice code.
I am not under the impression that OP wants to continue writing bad code.
That’s exactly what I was referring to. I thought by replying to the comment that mentioned joining a team would have provided the context of what I was agreeing too...
I am not under the impression that OP wants to continue writing bad code.