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>Data Scientist is a buzz word for Statistician It's really not. The skill set we need in terms of some software, system design, and a rich knowledge of modern data science libraries and trends is not something you should expect a statistician to have. Similarly, I certainly cannot prove asymptotic theorems like a statistician.
The only thing that they don't teach at Department of Statistics is Neural Networks.
Or design patterns, software, modern database architectures, cloud services, how to write production code...
I'm not trying to slight the Dept. of Stats. I love statistics. I've found studying PhD stats textbooks more valuable for my data science career than learning the latest deep net framework. I'm just noting there is a need for other tools.