It seems to be a pretty simple explanation to me: we are a group of extremely opinionated people with a serious bent towards problem solveing. Very few, if any,

It seems to be a pretty simple explanation to me: we are a group of extremely opinionated people with a serious bent towards problem solveing. Very few, if any, other fields of study are founded so deeply on the philosophy of taking matters into one's own hands. Look at the paragon of software engineering, the open-source model: if you see a problem, you can fix it yourself. Don't like the design decisions that your favorite app is making? Fork it. They're taking to long to include a feature you need? Build it yourself. Similarly, while the more traditional sciences (Bio, Physics, etc) are about observing and understanding our environment, their engineering counterparts are about mastering are about mastering and manipulating them in ways that we can take advantage of. At the end of the day, scientists are looking to be able to say, "This is how the world works". And, inevitably, an engineer will respond, "but does it really have to?"