How long has it taken you to construct this pool so far?
Can you break down by rough activity? for example:
__ hrs Digging
__ hrs pool frame construction
__ hrs bottom prep (including __ hrs for custom cove molding)
__ hrs liner preparation
__ hrs filling
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___ hrs total

I'm sure I've forgotten a major step, but this gives a general idea.
Ok, at this point I cannot honestly recommend installing yourself. It REALLY was a lot more involved than we had anticipated. However, know that we had to dig 40" down to get level ground. In one of my pictures you can see the outline of the railroad ties that we used to hold the earth back because that's how much we had to dig out to get level ground. We rented a bobcat to do this and it took probably 4-6 hours I guess. The longest part of the install was installing the patio blocks and trying to get all of that level. We had a HECK of a time with this. This took us one WHOLE day (I know that's not typical because I've heard people construct a pool from start to finish in 4 hours). So you're probably asking the wrong person the above questions because it took us soooooo much longer than we thought. The pool wall went in pretty quick, the liner went in SUPER quick. The styrofoam took awhile to cut to fit and then duct tape. This took us probably 4 hours alone. I will tell you right now $1000 would have been worth it for us to have someone else do this for us. However, nobody would dig 40" included in that price. The excavation, leveling, and the patio blocks were the absolute worst part. Building the actual pool was not hard at all.

However, I can tell you that we will NEVER do this again. )

I'm sorry if that's not what you wanted to hear. I'm sure someone else can tell you that they breezed right through it and it all went up without a hitch in 6-8 hours. That just wasn't the case for us. Best of luck with whatever you decide. )