As a former "CTO" at a small company and an early stage employee at several others, hiring was a ton of work for everyone. It was honestly the hardest thing I had to do. However, it was by no means a constant, day-to-day thing.
More power to you - I easily spent weeks at a times sifting through resumes and interviewing, and even once someone was hired making sure they were onboarding well and feeling well-supported and etc.
By the time everything was humming along we were either raising a new round (and thus hiring more), or someone was leaving and we had to refill that role.
