Absolutely. At my last startup I was VP of Engineering and at one point I tracked my time and was spending 45% of my week on recruiting activities. But that was necessary, both to protect my team&#x27;s time and to grow. You can&#x27;t hire good people without putting in the time to find them, talk to them, and convince them to join if you like them. And that effort can&#x27;t be outsourced to a recruiter, either, if you want it to be productive.