A bunch of people I know who've carved out a little niche for themselves making wordpress sites for small businesses are justifably concerned that their skillset has been made obsolete.
IMHO, (and I'd never mention it to their face) they brought it on themselves.
I just tried it and I like it. I had problems using WP on my Mac and I stopped using it. I may go back now, it seems that they fixed most of the problems. It's fun.