Agreed. "When trying to articulate what it is I do, I find that I default to an older arsenal of terminology to qualify what is actually a fairly simple vocation, built on an assortment of superficial qualifications and reliant on a heavy interaction with a cloud of specialized UX disciplines." Huh?

This person clearly has a difficult time explaining basic concepts (not exactly a trait I'd look for in an IA).

>> so dense with vocabulary, yet somehow lacks any meaningful content

Sounds to me like you learned a lot about typical information architecture :)

My first thought on reading this: get to the point!

If I were hiring an IA, I think writing an essay with the title of the post might not be a bad starting point.