Homeless. Hungry 4 Success. (Take a Resume)

David Casarez was living in his car. Then he handed out resumes on a street corner and went viral. I checked in a year later. Short version: Good news. Also, 7 other things worth a click.

David Casarez went to college and earned a degree. He dreamed of working as a software developer in Silicon Valley and one day starting a technology company.

So, he packed his things, and drove west from Texas. He applied to hundreds of jobs and had lots of interviews.

But he got no offers, and he was running out of time — living in a Ford Transit van, sleeping sometimes in a park, showering at 24 Hour Fitness.

Down to his last $300 one day last year, he came up with an idea.

He printed copies of his resume, put on a dress shirt, and stood on a street corner in Mountainview, not far from the Googleplex, holding a sign:

HOMELESS

HUNGRY 4 SUCCESS

TAKE A RESUME

A passerby posted his picture and on Twitter, and the whole thing went viral. You can imagine the comments, praising him for looking for a job, not a handout.

Within a few days, Casarez said he'd been contacted by about 200 different companies willing to consider him for a job.

People wrote about him. I wrote about him. Then, everybody …