re: Is linked in worth anything?

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my wife looked a former classmates profile, he saw that, reached out to her and offered her a job making 50% more than she was currently making, now she's the bread winner

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Does she spend a lot of late nights at the office?

Employer called my wife after finding her on LinkedIn. She told them she wasn't interested and to call me. I now work for them.

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Has linked in ever provided any Benefits for you to actually use it or is it just for aggravating sales people trying to show off?

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I work in professional services, so it's made managing my network incredibly easy.

If you work in industry as a Staff Accountant, it probably serves very little purpose to you.

I see so many people responding to this thinking or having only used LinkedIn as a job search site. While I would agree that it's one of the top places to search for a job and to be discovered by recruiters, I find that to be ancillary in their value proposition.

My company provides LinkedIn Premium as part of its enterprise plan with LinkedIn. As part of the sales team, I get their Sales Navigator product, and it's one of the most powerful products out there. I use it to search for specific prospects, roles, and titles at my existing and targeted accounts, and then use that as I make my prospecting calls and email/InMail outreach (InMail is great when you don't have the contact's email address already, and it's what recruiters use when they find you). I also use it to stay up to date on any news, personnel changes, or new hires at those same accounts. I find this to be extremely valuable when I look at filling my pipeline for new opportunities or upsells/cross-sells.

All in all, I'd say LinkedIn is extremely valuable and absolutely necessary to succeed in my industry (we provide a SaaS solution for B2B marketing professionals).