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I understand that sticking to your own stuff is great. But what about when you give your code to someone else on your team? Or what if you like to outsource the project?

So you're saying that if I don't use a framework that my code is incomprehensible? ;) I write my CSS very cleanly, commented, indented etc. If I gave it to another Front End Developer, he/she shouldn't have any problem changing/fixing things :)

Yes kind of that. But wouldn't it be easier for the other developer if you both have some standards (a framework)?

Ah, now it gets interesting. See, at my former job we had made our own framework, which was used by all Front End Developers. That was just a basis really, anything beyond that was up to the developer. I really think that you should be careful to rely too much on a framework anyway, because it can hinder you too, especially in one-off websites or action pages which are highly custom.

Yes but if another developer comes in then he needs to learn the way you work on the code. I come from a deep understanding of CSS/HTML/JS so it's not a problem for me to code from scratch etc. But I love standards, that's one of the main reasons I use a big framework.

You always need to adapt to how other developers in another company code. That will always be slightly different. So you use Foundation right? So what if you change jobs and come into a company where they use Bootstrap or Skeleton? Will you refuse to work there on that basis? ;) Point is: you should know HTML/CSS anyway, frameworks are there to help you and it's just a tool. Thorough knowledge of HTML/CSS will outweigh knowledge of a certain frameworks anyday in my opinion.