<p>[Viergutz</a> '01 eschews consulting career - The Daily Princetonian](<a href=“http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2009/10/14/24129/]Viergutz”>http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2009/10/14/24129/)</p>
<p>"Dina Viergutz 01 came to Princeton with an already clear post-graduation plan: Go to New York to do something very fast-paced in the business world. Nowadays, though, Viergutz can be found during her workday sitting at the Koffie Salon in Amsterdam or traveling around the world promoting her new novel, Another Faust. </p>
<p>The name McKinsey came up at the age of 18: I sort of glamorized it in my head, Viergutz said of her early interest in working at the consulting firm McKinsey & Company. After arriving at Princeton, Viergutz looked into what she needed to do to make it in that company. Where do all the McKinsey people go? What do they major in? she recalled asking herself.</p>
<p>Following her plan, Viergutz became an economics major (on the math track) and loaded up her sophomore-year schedule with departmental requirements. Looking back, she said it was amazing that she was taught by some of the most distinguished names in American economics. Still, she noted, I wouldve taken a lot more English classes. I wouldve loved to write an English thesis. . . . (continued)</p>
<p>THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.</p>