From homes to small businesses to multinational corporations, information technology has quickly become the lifeblood of the 21st century. Thanks to this reliance, the U.S. is expected to add 68% more software publishing jobs through 2012, a slight slow down from the previous decade, when the number of jobs doubled, but four times more than the national average, 16%. With more software developed each day, the sector expects to see output grow by 8.4% per year through 2012.