Talk:Adam Jensen/@comment-45800010-20200515150248/@comment-24388235-20200515191946

Not sure about the in-game content, but this info was in Adam Jensen's profile on the official DeusEx.com website (not defunct). 2nd paragraph.

Adam Jensen is an ex-cop turned ‘private security specialist’ for a moderately-sized biotechnology company. He has centered most of his life and career choices around taking care of others. He joined the police force when he was 21 and volunteered for SWAT 4 years later, rising to team commander relatively quickly. But his career ended when he refused to follow a questionable order.

Jensen grew up in Detroit, where money was always tight, and his family could have used a second income. Often, his family would take him on ‘an adventure’ they couldn’t afford. However, many of Jensen’s happiest memories stem from these trips, but all are tinged with uncertainty and guilt.

Today, at 34 years of age, Jensen tends to be a loner rather than a leader. He believes there are multiple ways to achieve a desired result, and instinctively looks for answers from himself first, consulting others only after his own ideas are exhausted. He is instinctively aware of his surroundings at all times, and moves through them with a combination of casual poise and focused determination.

Edit: On second look, the in-game text matches Adam Jensen's bio in the Prima Guide, p. 290 - which has more details than the one from the website.

A 34-year old Caucasian male from Detroit, Michigan, Adam Jensen is an ex-cop turned 'private security specialist' for a moderately-sized biotechnology company. He is a 'working-class hero' - dependable, resourceful, curious (but in a stand-offish way), with a streak of hardcore cynicism mixed in.

Orphaned at birth, Jensen was adopted by a blue-collar couple and grew up in a racially mixed neighborhood of Detroit. Money was tight, and his family could have used a second income, but his adoptive mother had neither the skills nor the emotional temperament to hold a job for long. Every time she lost one she'd pull her adopted son out of class and take him on 'an adventure' they couldn't afford. Many of Jensen's happiest memories stem from these trips, but all are tinged with uncertainty and guilt.

Perhaps because of his childhood, Jensen has unwittingly centered most of his life and career choices around taking care of others. He joined the police force when he was 21 and volunteered for SWAT 4 years later, rising to team commander relatively quickly. But his career ended when he refused to follow a questionable order. Today, Jensen tends to be a loner, rather than a leader. He believes there are multiple ways to achieve a desired result, and instinctively looks for answers from himself first, consulting others only after his own ideas are exhausted. He is instinctively aware of his surroundings at all times, and moves through them with a combination of casual poise and focused determination.