Your impression of CI3 over others?

the name itself CodeIgniter it sounds like you are an expert computer programmer or hacker.
Laravel? what's that a flower? lol ha ha ha

Are you choosing a framework based on how "cool" the name sounds?

If that's the case, I recommend learning Erlang or Elixir. Have fun with that 

Codeigniter is simply one of the tools you need to learn to be a successful developer. Always add more tools to your coding arsenal!