That's a good point, but I suspect that a lot of serious gotchas that a data scientist might encounter in the wild are not taught as part of a graduate-level st

That's a good point, but I suspect that a lot of serious gotchas that a data scientist might encounter in the wild are not taught as part of a graduate-level statistics course. Being able to think critically and quickly adapting to the problem at hand might end up being more important than previous experience in stats (which is still very valuable, of course).