Advantages of thinking like a data scientist

So why should you, a data developer, endeavor to think like (or more like) a data scientist? What is the significance of gaining an understanding of the ways and how's of statistics? Specifically, what might be the advantages of thinking like a data scientist?

The following are just a few notions supporting the effort for making the move into data science:

• Developing a better approach to understanding data
• Using statistical thinking during the process of program or database designing
• Adding to your personal toolbox
• Increased marketability
• Perpetual learning
• Seeing the future