Some interior designers know early on that creating beautiful spaces is their life ’ s passion . Others take a more meandering path . Corey Low is the latter . A native of Southern California , Low grew up in a close family . “ My grandmother took a lot of pride in her home . All our Christmas dinners were there . She was always fixing it , even though everyone was living in a shoe box ,” she says . Low studied at UC Davis , then migrated to Silicon Valley after graduation . “ I started at Google out of college , in its rocket ship , unicorn heyday ,” she says . “ There were dogs in the office everywhere , it was a wild ride .” As a recruiter for the company , she brought on frontend software engineers . “ I can ’ t code ,” she jokes , “ but I know how to hire people who can .”
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