I think there are many good replies already, but I feel one consideration is missing: time.

If you have the time for only one job, why wouldn’t you take one paying more, even if it requires a bit more skills to achieve? You are going to do that for a long while, so living more comfortably has a value.

I live in a northern country with cold winters. The alternative to “white Christmas” is really an icy or wet Christmas. Green would not even cross my mind.

And certainly I prefer snow over sleet or black ice on the roads.

how far did you go in terms of features?

I’m a hiring manager for a company in a regulated field. In addition to what has been said already, if a candidate came with a list of their own requirements for the said app, preferrably with unit tests, and/or a checklist of how much work there is still left, that would be gold.

The fact is, that probably all organisations deal with large legacy systems. If a candidate shows the capability to think a bit further than a tech demo, that’s a huge plus.

Depends how those are connected. But check out Home Assistant.

Wasn’t Mario remastered for SNES? I preferred those over the NES versions.