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Published · transcript-backedAdam Ward: evaluation
9 Aug 2026 Lenny's Podcast The playbook for building high-talent-density teams | Adam Ward, Head of Talent at Cursor
“I mean, if you think about this impact that they're having, and I feel like there's a supply and demand crisis around really strategic recruiters because of the somewhat transactional nature we've made recruiting over time.”
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- 9 Aug 2026
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…I know one of your hot takes is that the recruiting team should be the highest paid team within the company. And one of them. Yeah, if not. I mean, if you think about this- In one of them. Yeah, if not. I mean, if you think about this impact that they're having, and I feel like there's a supply and demand crisis around really strategic recruiters because of the somewhat transactional nature we've made recruiting over time. And so I just think there's a really small supply of recruiters who can function at this level and at this approach and style. And so like any other labor market, it's a cost of labor thing and there's just very few of it. And so we think that they have tremendous impact, but it's a really rare skillset. Something I wanted to ask you that I forgot to ask is, we talk a lot about talent and density. How much of it is about the person specifically versus the team that you assemble around them?…
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