As I have already explicitly clarified once in this reply chain, I am not talking about people who already have a job at one of these companies, or even people

As I have already explicitly clarified once in this reply chain, I am not talking about people who already have a job at one of these companies, or even people who already have gone through the interviewing process and have an offer in hand. I don't think it would even make sense for me to be talking about those situations in a thread that's talking about a possible hiring freeze, IE a decision within these companies to stop making new hires. I think it would be pretty foolish for an individual who already has a way to shore up their savings to give it up, and while sometimes making a foolish decision to take a principled stand on something can be admirable, I am not in the habit of demanding this of people