How he collaboratively produces the film could provide some alternatives for creating a more inclusive media. Bye graduated with an electrical engineering degree from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 1998, and worked as a radar systems engineer within the military industrial complex for 4 1/2 years. While working as an engineer, Bye produced two narrative 16mm films, and directed his first feature documentary called Handicamp. Bye has worked with the Maryland Film Festival, Silverdocs Film Festival, MicroCineFest, and Johns Hopkins Film Festival as a film screener and photojournalist. He has also covered the Sundance Film Festival, SXSW and IFP Market for FilmThreat.com.