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It seems not only forced but a bit back-handed. Like a certain connotation of a lack of...rigor.

Like "coder" vs programmer/software developer.

I mean, as an engineer by BS, makers have a "i'm not a engineer" vibe with it.

I think that was deliberate, the idea was to allow tinkering. The message being you don't have to be an engineer to build stuff.