> The best data scientists are just people who try to understand the ins and outs of business processes and look at problems with healthy suspicion and curiosity

I guess the unsaid part of this is “... and curiosity AND are often able to leverage this in data-driven solutions to bussiness problems”. Because nobody cares whether you’re curious or not if you don’t bring any value to the company. With that said, the part you mentioned almost seems like an innate ability, while the part I filled in could probably be trained.

Suppose you were still in college and wanted to become a data scientist. Based on your current knowledge and values, how would you go about it, being a student? Which skills would you hone and how?