Successful homeless web developer takes a fresh start with a woman's viral tweet

Homeless and eager for success, David Casarez is now on the road to a new life thanks to the compassion of a stranger.

Jasmine Scofield spotted Casarez, 26, standing in a corner of Silicon Valley with a single sign and distributing her resume. She shared her story and posted a copy of her resume on Twitter in an article that quickly became viral, drawing the attention of hundreds of potential employers.

Jasmine Scofield

Casarez, a Texas unemployed web developer living in a park in Mountain View, California, wore his tie the thinnest and waving a sign that said "WITHOUT SHELTER, AFFECT 4 SUCCESS, TAKE A REPRISE!

Scofield posted: "Today, I saw this young homeless person asking people to take a resume rather than asking for money, please. RT (retweet) so we can help David. "

Casarez said that Scofield gave him the result that he had hoped for.

"I told myself that all I needed was someone to take my resume and tell me," I'm going to give this guy a chance, "he said. said the graduate to ABC News.

That's exactly what Scofield said she thought, "If I were in that position, I'd like someone to help me out.

The Texas A & M University graduate previously worked at General Motors before relocating to Silicon Valley to pursue his technological startup dreams. He became homeless after spending all his money trying to start his own technology business.

Jasmine Scofield

On that fateful day he met Scofield, he said the two had been talking for a few minutes before putting the post on Twitter that received over 120,000 retweets and nearly 200,000 likes.

"He hit nearly 10,000 at the end of the night," Scofield said of the number of early retweets messages.

"It was at this point that I started receiving calls and emails," Casarez said. He said that he received expressions of interest from Netflix, Pandora, Apple, Google and Amazon and other companies.

Casarez offered thanks on Twitter for the "spill" of support.