Homeless Texas A&M grad handing out resumes on street goes viral

David Casarez, as photographed by Jasmine Scofield, who posted the photo on her Twitter account.

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In a matter of 72 hours David Casarez has gone from sleeping on a park bench to being the subject of a viral twitter post.

On Friday afternoon the Texas A&M alum was photographed by Jasmine Scofield, who goes by Fullmakeup Alchemist on Twitter, holding up a sign that read "Homeless Hungry 4 Success Take A Resume."

Casarez, a 26-year-old freelance web developer, was dressed as anyone would be for a day of work: dress pants, shirt and tie. Alongside the picture of Casarez was a photo of the resume he had been handing out.

That tweet had as of Monday morning 134,000 retweets and 214,000 likes. Casarez grew up in Laredo and got his bachelor's degree in management information systems in 2014 from Texas A&M.

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After leaving his job in Austin at General Motors in 2017, Casarez moved to Silicon Valley with dreams to create what he calls a "multi-sided platform covering the food industry in a specific target market."

"[My family] thought I was crazy for leaving my job," said Casarez.

He said it was difficult to convince his family about his ambitious endeavor, but he managed to win them over, and they've been emotionally supportive ever since.

Upon arriving in California he had trouble getting his idea off the ground and found it difficult to land a job in the highly competitive tech hub.

After living in his car for more than a year, Casarez's car was repossessed in June, and he has since been sleeping on a park bench.

But now it looks as though his luck has turned. Since the tweet was posted he has received more than 200 job offers, including companies big and small, including Google, Apple and Netflix and up-and-coming startups like Lime.

He was even offered a job by Bitcoin.com that would potentially relocate him to Tokyo.

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Additionally, Austen Allred, CEO of the Silicon Valley-based software engineering training school known as the Lambda School, stated in a tweet that the school is offering Casarez housing and is willing to help him with interview preparation.

Casarez has since taken up Allred on his offer and will be with the Lambda School for the time being. The organization will also provide Casarez with transportation to and from his interviews.

Even though he knew he would get social media attention when he noticed people taking pictures of him at the intersection, he has been gladly overwhelmed by the attention and opportunities he has received

"I didn't expect it to get like this," Casarez said of his new-found fame.

He believes that his ability to stand out brought him to this moment.

"I'm just very unconventional," said Casarez.