Thanks Leb. 

Yeah I have abandoned the neck line twice now and I have carved one both times. My new method is to push my chin hairs back to my neck and where they I cut below. This give my beard a clean look from the front while lowering the line with the beard length. I personally prefer to clean up the edges of my beard on the neck/cheeck and connection at my nose and mustache. I also am going for a more pointed beard style to my chin so cleaning up the neck under the ears helps me feel a little more intentional/professional. 

Also, I thought the office picture really helped show the taper so I'm glad you caught that as that is why I posted it.