I prefer playing against shorties, and actually look for tables containing a considerable amount of shorties. Reason being, I can buyin max, have them all covered, and they are going to get their chips in against me, oftentimes with a marginal holding.

You can get additional value in situations by bullying/using their short stack to their advantage. For example, you bet out 8 bucks with the goods, if they have 80 behind they're going to fold, but if they have 13 left, you'll probably get that additional 5 from them, especially if they've put in 10 already. Take advantage of their "all or nothing" mentality... by taking it all.

Another advantage is, less to worry about when you do get in behind. I make more profit taking out LOTS of shorties rather than vs. a few bigstacks.