If you don't think your org is working on important problems, why are you working there and not elsewhere?
You need a job, I get it. Why are you applying to jobs you don't think are important?
You need a job, I get it. Why are you applying to jobs you don't think are important?
The brilliance of Hamming's question is that you, the person being asked, define "important". There is no judgement attached. It's purely a question of your personal fulfillment.