Advice for 1st year

Hi, I'm a first-year biomedical student at Newcastle University, and I'm looking for advice on how to be as successful as possible in this career. My plan so far, with a little research, is

First year - learn R and Python as much as possible and explore GitHub, as I've heard this is what employers look at and universities look at for master's.

Second year - try to get some work experience with anything related to this field and develop my skills in coding as much as possible, and explore other programs and projects more related to bioinformatics.

Third year - I want to try and get a placement in a bioinformatics related field, so any advice on what I need and should do will be very helpful

Final year - Complete my final year and focus my thesis on computional side of biomed.

Master's - I want a Master's in bioinformatics at a top university in england (also any advice on how I would get this as well)

What I really want to know is what the job market is like. I'm not expecting it to be easy to get into the field, as I'm assuming I would need experience at a different job in the field to break into bioinformatics. I'm not really wanting to go into academia, so I'm guessing I don't need to go for a PHD.

Any advice on how to improve my plan would be much appreciated thank you.