Ask HN: If a person was a SEOgod, would he be the king of micropreneurs?

Hello Hackernews, I have a question for you guys. I've been doing a lot of reading lately about SEO, and started to wonder: why aren't all these SEO experts super rich? With the skills they have, they could probably make a living without working for anybody!<p>So anyway, if I were to become super good at SEO, would I be able to make a full time living off of it?