YES. Patrick. FUCKING McKenzie. I don't know this if this is appropriate for me to say, but it is 2:18AM where I am at right now, and I've kind of been hoping you'd answer. Why I haven't emailed you instead I don't know.
I'm only getting into the whole marketing thing now, and I gotta say it's pretty interesting, and studying it is not a grind at all. I am a programmer, and I thought search marketing would be a nice skill set for my new hobby of micropreneurship.
It's really interesting how you mention that there are people who are good at teaching SEO, and people who are good at actually executing SEO. I guess I should start applying what I've learned!