From Our Roots: GAPster Geography
The beloved Costa Rican staple, often served for breakfast, combining rice and beans.
Gallo Pinto
Who coined the term "GAPsters"?
Darryl Worsham
Besides the Delivery Manager, who was the first GAPster assigned to Warburg Pincus?
Jenn!
The mysterious, cryptic, and often passive-aggressive message left in code comments by a developer for their future self.
TODO Comment
This iconic portable music player, often bright white with a click wheel, revolutionized how we carried our tunes in the early 2000s
iPod
It is the world's leading producer of emeralds, being famous for the quality of its precious stones.
Colombia
Which initiative at GAP was created in 2020 as a way to reach out and help our communities and our fellow GAPsters in a time where the future was uncertain due to the Pandemic
GAP Gives
Who is the GAP's Sales Executive for Warburg Pincus?
Jeff Haber
The legendary creature believed to live only in QA environments, disappearing instantly when code is moved to a developer's local machine
Bug
Before everyone had smartphones, this small, vibrating device was how you received short text messages, often with numeric codes to call someone back.
Beeper
This country is home to the Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat, which transforms into the largest natural mirror on Earth during its rainy season
Bolivia
When was GAP founded?
2007
What is Warburg Pincus's core business?
Global private equity firms
This fruit is botanically a berry, but it's often mistaken for a vegetable and is actually the most consumed fruit in the world
Tomato
This 90s boy band's hits included "I Want It That Way" and "Everybody"
Backstreet Boys
This nation is a biodiversity hotspot, housing approximately 5% of the world's biodiversity
Costa Rica
What is the name of Joyce's dog?
Harley
When was WP founded?
1966
The only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any U.S. state.
Q
The popular toy of the late 90s that was an electronic pet you had to feed, play with, and clean up after, or it would "die.
Tamagotchi
The summit of Mount Chimborazo in this country is the point on Earth closest to the sun, due to its location
Ecuador
Which business unit at GAP builds code migration solutions to efficiently transform legacy applications into modern, cloud-based platforms?
Migration BU
Where are Warburg Pincus headquarters located?
NY
This historic research facility is where the famous "Hello, World!" program, often a programmer's very first code, originated in a C language tutorial.
Bell Labs
This iconic 90s sitcom launched Will Smith into stardom, where he played a character with his own name and performed its memorable theme song.
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air