Yep, some research-oriented DS people are (rightly) obsessed (correct word) with a particular family of techniques (variational inference! random forests! adversarial networks!) and work to find problems to apply that family to. They literally do pattern-match on their techniques with every new problem they encounter, and move on if it doesn't fit.

A lot of the other of your distinctions do still apply to such people, like knowing where the data comes from, knowing when to stop, and adjusting the message to the audience. So, still a good list.

Also, even the research DS people need to evolve their techniques over time.