It's common industry jargon in the US, tongue-in-cheek like so much other jargon, and widely used by people to describe even their own jobs. You're ascribing a sense of malice to something that carries none.
Yes, I'm well familiar with the term. I did not mean to imply it was intended maliciously (nor that it wasn't.) I simply think that it is easy to interpret it as a devaluation of skill. This reactive feeling may just be based on my personal experience, but I also know I'm not the only one.
