Thank you for an interesting topic. I have only recently heard people use the term "data scientist", and yet I think it applies well to what I do. I have always called it "knowing the data". When I "pull" data from the database, I always run histogram frequencies or other stats to see if the data make sense and to look for outliers. Are the outliers real, or caused by typos? (very frequently they are!)

Thanks for pointing out that this is a real skill and not just an obsession on my part!