After graduating from San Diego State University, Montoya did freelance work such as filming weddings.
[3] On June 14, 2010, Montoya posted a video to his channel stating that he was a full-time employee of Machinima.
[5] On November 2, 2016, Montoya announced he would co-star with Scott Robison and Evan Fong in a new YouTube Premium original series, The Paranormal Action Squad.
[7] Montoya did not officially state anything about a permanent retirement, but in guest appearances on friends' videos, he discussed taking a break from YouTube and video creation to get "passive income up and running, whether I'm doing this or doing that [...] looking heavily into real estate".
[8] On August 29, 2020, during his return, he cited several reasons such as mental health and stress for his two-year absence.