How about career advice?

Anglo male under 50 stands little chance of winning a lawsuit. Unless you are rich of course. It would be about what you can PROVE they said about you. You are guilty until proven innocent in this one.

I've never met anyone truly happy while they were working for someone else. I like the earlier advice of take what you can find for now and keep a very low profile. You should have a client or two minimally to start an engineering business, but guessing.

Look at it this way sir, if you have your health, then you are bestowed with a priceless gift. Everything else will fall into place naturally. Be happy and take the world with a grain of salt.